Concept information
Preferred term
multidimensional scaling
Definition
- Multidimensional scaling (MDS) refers to a family of models in which the structure in a set of data is represented graphically by the relationships between a set of points in a space. MDS can be used on a wide variety of data, using different models and allowing different assumptions about the level of measurement. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING (MDS)]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/multidimensional_scaling
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