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Record Nr.

UNINA9910917794903321

Autore

Okada Akinori

Titolo

Applied Multidimensional Scaling of Asymmetric Relationships / / by Akinori Okada, Tadashi Imaizumi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024

ISBN

9789819748723

9819748720

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 pages)

Collana

Behaviormetrics: Quantitative Approaches to Human Behavior, , 2524-4035 ; ; 19

Altri autori (Persone)

ImaizumiTadashi

Disciplina

519.535

Soggetti

Mathematical statistics - Data processing

Statistics

Psychometrics

Marketing

Social sciences - Data processing

Statistics and Computing

Applied Statistics

Statistical Theory and Methods

Computer Application in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Representing asymmetric relationships by symmetric multidimensional scaling -- Representing asymmetric relationships by asymmetric multidimensional scaling -- Applications of asymmetric multidimensional scaling -- Remarks: Rescaling, degeneration, local minimum, and initial configuration.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first book that focusses the attention on applying asymmetric multidimensional scaling (MDS) and describes how to apply it in a practical manner. The book provides the know-how for prominent methods of asymmetric MDS: analysis of asymmetric relationships and the efficient use of programs of asymmetric MDS based on a distance model. These features will facilitate the work of researchers and enlighten students in disciplines such as statistics, psychology, sociology, education, marketing science, medicine,



education, and other fields. Support is provided for practitioners in these areas who are, for instance, developing new products or services, investigating dominance relationships among brands or products, researching the use of antibiotics against resistance bacteria, and developing items for tests. This informative book demonstrates the analyses of data from diverse areas to show how asymmetric relationships are prevalent in real-world relationships and helps readers grasp the meanings and implications of those relationships. The results of the analyses illustrate the importance of analyzing asymmetric relationships that cannot be perceived by analysis using traditional methods, which ignore asymmetry in the data. .