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Modern Multidimensional Scaling

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Data sets for Chapter 15

  1. Attributes of Countries
  2. Rorschach Pictures

1. Attributes of Countries

Description file, Raw data, Excel file, SPSS data file.

Title: Attributes of Countries

Source: Wish, Deutsch, and Biener (1972)

Description: Average ratings of 90 students from 15 different
countries for 21 nations (rows) on 18 attributes (columns). The rating
scales are bipolar 9-point scales such as "collectivistic vs.
individualistic". For most scales, only one label is shown, where the
other end of the scale is obvious (as in "rich", where the other scale
end is "poor").

The attributes (the columns) are:

1 Aligned with U.S.A.
2 Collect.-Individualistic
3 Peaceful
4 Individual Rights
5 I Like
6 Good
7 Similar to Ideal
8 Full of Opportunity
9 Stable
10 People Satisfied
11 Internally United
12 Influential Culture
13 Educated People
14 Rich
15 Industrialized
16 Powerful
17 On Way Up
18 Large


The countries corresponding to the rows are:

1 USA
2 UK
3 W.Germany
4 France
5 Israel
6 Japan
7 South
8 Greece
9 Spain
10 Brazil
11 Mexico
12 Ethiopia
13 India
14 Indonesia
15 Congo
16 Egypt
17 China
18 Cuba
19 Yugoslavia
20 Poland
21 USSR

2. Rorschach Pictures

Description file, Raw data, Excel file, SPSS data file.

Title: Rorschach Pictures

Source: Garmize and Rychlak (1964)

Description: Frequencies with which different persons gave particular
interpretations (rows) to Rorschach inkblot pictures when induced
(by role play) into one of the moods shown in the columns.

The columns (moods) are

1 Fear
2 Anger
3 Depression
4 Love
5 Ambition
6 Security


The rows have followings interpretations:

1 Bat
2 Bear
3 Blood
4 Boot(s)
5 Bridge
6 Butterfly
7 Cave
8 Cloud(s)
9 Fire
10 Fur
11 Hair
12 Island
13 Mask
14 Mountains
15 Rock(s)
16 Smoke