Semantic Dimensionality of the Subjective Stress Scale

1973 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 885-886 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. J. Neufeld
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Multidimensional Scaling ◽  
Subjective Stress ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Single Dimension ◽  
Scaling Procedure ◽  
Similarity Judgments ◽  
High Consistency

Ratings of the similarity of feelings denoted by the 14 adjectives of the Subjective Stress Scale were obtained from 24 male and 24 female undergraduates and analyzed with an individual-differences multidimensional scaling procedure. Results indicated high consistency in the similarity judgments among Ss and supported consideration of the items as varying along a single dimension.

Perceptions of contraceptive methods: a multidimensional scaling analysis

1984 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor J. Callan ◽  
Cynthia Gallois
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Multidimensional Scaling ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Scaling Analysis ◽  
Contraceptive Methods ◽  
Multidimensional Scaling Analysis ◽  
Similarity Judgments ◽  
Older Subjects

SummaryThis study employed similarity judgments to determine the dimensions used in distinguishing between methods of contraception, and to investigate individual differences in the use of these dimensions. Three groups of subjects rated the similarity of seventeen methods of contraception, and also rated each method on a number of adjective scales. Multidimensional scaling of the similarity judgments revealed two dimensions: one related to effectiveness, expense, and safety, and the other differentiating between standard and non-standard methods of contraception (or natural and non-natural ones). In addition, methods of contraception were arrayed in the space mainly on the basis of physical similarity. Analyses of the rating scales indicated that subjects perceived methods accurately in terms of effectiveness, but were inaccurate in their ratings of safety to the user. Finally, analysis of individual differences indicated that the second dimension was more salient to younger than to older subjects, but did not reveal differences related to religion or contraceptive use.

Constancy of Teachers' Perceptions of Students—A Multidimensional Scaling Study

1972 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 515-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew K. Clark ◽  
Thomas O. Maguire ◽  
Gene V. Glass
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Multidimensional Scaling ◽  
Classroom Behavior ◽  
Close Correspondence ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Parental Relationship ◽  
Academic Aptitude ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Perceptions Of Students ◽  
Similarity Judgments

Teachers made similarity judgments of student descriptions which varied on the dimensions of classroom behavior, academic aptitude, and parental relationship. The multidimensional configuration derived from a computer analysis of the similarities bore a close correspondence to the configuration obtained in a previous study which employed different methods of data collection and analysis.

Multidimensional Scaling and Individual Differences

1971 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul E. Green ◽  
Vithala R. Rao
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Multidimensional Scaling ◽  
Synthetic Data

This article compares, via synthetic data analysis, the performance of five different methods for scaling averaged dissimilarities data under conditions involving individual differences in “perception.” All methods perform well when no “degradation” of the (simulated) ratings is entailed. When the data are transformed to zero-one values—a procedure sometimes followed in applied studies—all procedures perform poorly compared to the no-degradation case. Implications of these results for scaling applications involving group solutions are discussed.

Multidimensional Scaling as a Method for Probing the Conceptual Structure of State Categories: An Individual Differences Analysis

1987 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica C. Zubritzky ◽  
Bruce G. Coury
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Multidimensional Scaling ◽  
Control Systems ◽  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Conceptual Structure ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Classification Task ◽  
System State ◽  
System Data ◽  
The Impact

Identifying the underlying decision criteria used by operators to classify system state, and revealing the way in which that information is internally represented is one of the challenges facing designers of control systems. This paper describes the use of multidimensional scaling (MDS) to probe the structure and composition of the internal conceptual models used by operators to identify system state. Specifically, the issue of individual differences in mental model is addressed, as well as the impact of these differences on individual performance in a classification task. Twenty subjects were trained as operators to classify instances of system data into one of four system state categories. After training, subjects were asked to rate the similarity between instances of system state. Results showed that the dominant dimensions used by an individual are related to his/her performance on the classification task.

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