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Data theory and dimensional analysis /
- Title
- Data theory and dimensional analysis / William G. Jacoby.
- Author
- Jacoby, William G.
- Publication
- Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1991.
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Details
- Description
- 89 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- Series Statement
- Quantitative applications in the social sciences no. 78
- Uniform Title
- Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; no. 78.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- Definition of data theory -- Objectives of this monograph -- 2. Measurement -- Measurement as theory testing -- Levels of measurement -- 3. Data theory -- Data as a geometric model -- Coomb's theory of data -- An alternative theory of data -- The importance of data theory -- 4. Dimensionality -- Dimensionality as variation among objects -- Dimensionality as a mathematical model -- Physical versus conceptual dimensions -- Scaling and dimensional analysis -- Scaling results and interpreting dimensions -- 5. Data theory and scaling methods -- Single stimulus data -- Stimulus comparison data -- Similarities data -- Perferential choice data -- Interpretations of data -- 6. Alternating least squares, optimal scaling -- 7. Conclusions.
- ISBN
- 0803941781 (pbk.)
- 9780803941786 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 90026165
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library