Multivariate Methods • Multidimensional Scaling • Statistical Details for the Multidimensional Scaling Platform • Stress
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Stress
The following notation is used to define Stress:
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i, j - indexes for the number of objects
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dij - the derived distance between objects i and j
δij - the observed relative distance between objects i and j
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f(δrs) - transformation function for the distance
The Stress function is given as follows:
This measure of stress is also known as Kruskal’s Stress, Type I, or simply Stress1.

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