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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, ©1991.

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Description
89 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.
Series Statement
Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; no. 07-078
Uniform Title
Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; no. 07-078.
Subject
  • Scaling (Social sciences)
  • Social sciences > Statistical methods
  • Data Interpretation, Statistical
  • Multidimensionale schaalmethoden
  • Estatistica aplicada as ciencias sociais
  • Social sciences > Methodology
  • Information theory
  • Dimensional analysis
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
  • 9780803941786
LCCN
90026165
OCLC
  • ocm22906209
  • 22906209
  • SCSB-1435513
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library