[R] Number of dimension in Multidimensional Scaling

2010-12-09 Thread Petar Milin
Hello! Very often one can hear that MDS usually ends with two-dimensional solution. Of course, there are methods, like Scree-test (proposed by Kruskal and Wish, 1981), to determine optimal number of dimensions. However, I am trying to find references to this two-dimensional gold-standard. Can

Re: [R] Number of dimension in Multidimensional Scaling

2010-12-09 Thread Michael Friendly
On 12/9/2010 7:26 AM, Petar Milin wrote: Hello! Very often one can hear that MDS usually ends with two-dimensional solution. Of course, there are methods, like Scree-test (proposed by Kruskal and Wish, 1981), to determine optimal number of dimensions. However, I am trying to find references to

Re: [R] Number of dimension in Multidimensional Scaling

2010-12-09 Thread Michael Bedward
Just to add to Michael F's comments: I've looked for that elbow many a time but never found it :) Admittedly, I typically deal with fairly noisy, ecological data, but I think it's a mistake to try to identify the optimal number of dimensions. Better instead to concentrate on a useful number, ie.