Value structure - On the use of weakly constrained confirmatory MDS : Paper presented at the 19th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology July 27-31, 2008, Bremen, Germany
Ordinal Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) has become a central approach for analyzing value structures in cross-cultural studies. Starting from regional hypotheses, MDS displays the discrimina-bility of value types in an easily accessible geometric represent-tation. Furthermore, this approach is relati...
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| Division/Institute: | FB 07: Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft |
| Document types: | Working paper |
| Media types: | Text |
| Publication date: | 2008 |
| Date of publication on miami: | 23.07.2019 |
| Modification date: | 06.03.2020 |
| Series: | Berichte aus der Arbeitseinheit Differentielle Psychologie und Persönlichkeitspsychologie, Bd. 32 |
| Edition statement: | [Electronic ed.] |
| Subjects: | value structure; weakly constrained confirmatory MDS; starting configuration; Computerized paired comparisons of values (CPCV); Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ40); European Social Survey (ESS) |
| DDC Subject: | 150: Psychologie |
| License: | InC 1.0 |
| Language: | Englisch |
| Notes: | Berichte aus dem Psychologischen Institut IV |
| Format: | PDF document |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-04139608913 |
| Permalink: | https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-04139608913 |
| Digital documents: | bericht_bpi-iv_2008_32.pdf |
Ordinal Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) has become a central approach for analyzing value structures in cross-cultural studies. Starting from regional hypotheses, MDS displays the discrimina-bility of value types in an easily accessible geometric represent-tation. Furthermore, this approach is relatively free from mathe-ma¬tical restrictions and additional assumptions not relevant to the problem under study (Borg & Shye, 1995). However, MDS configurations of identical data sets may differ, depending on the respective starting configuration. Such artefacts can be avoided by computing a weakly constrained confirmatory MDS. Drawing on Schwartz' (1992) value theory, the construction of a design matrix is proposed which specifies his model geometrically. This matrix serves as the basis for deriving a starting configuration that is tailored to the value instrument applied (Bilsky, Gollan & Döring, 2007). Its use is demonstrated by analyzing data sets collected with different instruments.