Rescaling Non-metric Data to Metric Data Using Multi-Dimensional Scaling

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  • Kelley M. Engle
  • Guisseppi A. Forgionne
چکیده

Rescaling of nominaland ordinal-scaled data to interval-scaled data is an important preparatory step prior to applying parametric statistical tests. Without rescaling, the analyst typically must resort to non-parametric tests that are less robust statistically than the metric counterparts. Multi-dimensional scaling (MDS) is a procedure that can be used to perform the desired rescaling. This paper utilizes MDS to transform nonmetric data from the IAN (Interactive Autism Network) and illustrates the application of the results to autism. Two simulated distributions were created from the MDS procedure to determine the best transformation. The tests reveal that either a normal or uniform distribution is acceptable with the uniform distribution performing marginally better than the normal.

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تاریخ انتشار 2009