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Peer reviewedDing, Cody S. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2001
Outlines an exploratory multidimensional scaling-based approach to profile analysis called Profile Analysis via Multidimensional Scaling (PAMS) (M. Davison, 1994). The PAMS model has the advantages of being applied to samples of any size easily, classifying persons on a continuum, and using person profile index for further hypothesis studies, but…
Descriptors: Classification, Hypothesis Testing, Multidimensional Scaling
Peer reviewedRorvig, Mark E.; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1993
Discusses pattern classification of images by computer and describes the Two Domain Method in which expert knowledge is acquired using multidimensional scaling of judgments of dissimilarities and linear mapping. An application of the Two Domain Method that tested its power to discriminate two patterns of human blood leukocyte distribution is…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Oriented Programs, Expert Systems, Multidimensional Scaling
Peer reviewedBorner, Katy; Chen, Chaomei; Boyack, Kevin W. – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 2003
Reviews visualization techniques for scientific disciplines and information retrieval and classification. Highlights include historical background of scientometrics, bibliometrics, and citation analysis; map generation; process flow of visualizing knowledge domains; measures and similarity calculations; vector space model; factor analysis;…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Classification, Cluster Analysis, Factor Analysis
