This example uses the Flight Distances.jmp sample data table, which is a distance matrix of flight distances between 28 US cities. You can use MDS to construct a map of the cities in two dimensions that is based on the pairwise distances in the data table.
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Select Help > Sample Data Library and open Flight Distances.jmp.
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Select Analyze > Multivariate Methods > Multidimensional Scaling.
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Select Birmingham through Washington DC and click Y, Columns.
Figure 8.2 Completed Multidimensional Scaling Launch Window
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Select the Flight Distances data table.
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Right-click on the column Cities and select Label/Unlabel.
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Select Rows > Row Selection> Select all Rows.
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Select Rows > Lable/Unlabel.
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Click on the Flip Vertical button.
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Click on the Flip Horizontal button.
Figure 8.3 Multidimensional Scaling Plot

Help created on 7/12/2018