Multidimensional scaling of form: A psychophysical analysis

Psychophysical Scaling'"

their helpful criticisms of a preliminary draft of this chapter. A special word of thanks is due Dr. Stevens, u~ho, in addition to discovering seueral errors of fact and a nutnber of stylistic blunders, forced us to reconsider some of our views on various aspects of scaling. His comments coupled wzth our own misgivings resulted in a complete revision oj'the section on magnitude estimation and t...

Psychophysical Scaling

Evaluating Visual Preferences of Architects and People Toward Housing Facades, Using Multidimensional Scaling Analysis (MDS)

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A multidimensional scaling approach to shape analysis

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Using Multidimensional Scaling for Assessment Economic Development of Regions

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