Premium
Multidimensional scaling of cognized distances among selected African states: Illustration of a methodological alternative to univariate scaling techniques
Author(s) -
GWEBU THANDO
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1980.tb00355.x
Subject(s) - multidimensional scaling , categorization , psychology , reactionary , univariate , dimension (graph theory) , scaling , cognition , cognitive psychology , multidimensional analysis , multivariate statistics , econometrics , statistics , computer science , political science , artificial intelligence , mathematics , geometry , neuroscience , politics , pure mathematics , law
Cognitive mapping involves psychological assimilation or internalization of the relative location of given phenomena. In this investigation multidimensional scaling was utilized to recover cognitive maps of selected African countries, from African students, at Kent State University, Ohio, USA. MDS yielded results which suggest that the subjects seemed to differentiate these African countries on the basis of three criteria ; first, reactionary status, secondly colonial grouping. The third dimension for state categorization however remains obscure, thus posing a challenge for future investigation.