Data

The data below are used in the book 'Modern Multidimensional Scaling' (2nd edition) by Borg and Groenen (2005). Some of the data are used in the text, others in the exercises. For each data set, four files are given:

Similarity and dissimilarity data are always given in symmetric form. The data are organized according to the chapters in the book. For each chapter, there is a separate page giving all the descriptions of the data sets.

You can also download all data files in a zip-file from here.

Overview of the data

Chapter File No. Title Files
1 1 Correlations of crime rates over 50 U.S. states Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
1 2 Intelligence tests Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
1 3 Job performance Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
1 4 Perceived similarity of nations Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
1 5 Psychiatric patients Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
1 6 Vocational interests Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
1 7 Wheels Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
2 1 Rankorder of distances between ten European cities Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
2 2 Distances between ten European cities Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
2 3 Distances between five objects Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
3 1 Correlations amongst stock market indexes Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
4 1 Similarities of colors Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
4 2 Scales for Facial Expressions Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
4 3 Facial Expressions Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
4 4 Kinship Terms External Scales Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
4 5 Kinship Terms Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
4 6 Confusion of Letters Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
4 7 Asymmetric Morse Code Confusions Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
4 8 Symmetric Morse Code Confusions Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
4 9 Scales for Nations Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
5 1 Intelligence Tests Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
5 2 Leisure Activities Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
5 3 Life Satisfaction Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
5 4 Self-esteem & Need for Order Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
5 5 Wechsler Test Tasks Israel Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
5 6 Wechsler Test Tasks U.S. Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
5 7 Work Values Facet Codings Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
5 8 Work Values Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
6 1 Clothes Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
6 2 Offenses Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
6 3 Words Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
7 1 Clown Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
9 1 Politicians Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
10 1 Similarities of colors with circle constraint Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
10 2 Similarities of colors with circle constraint Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
10 3 Ellipses Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
10 4 Intelligence Tests Restriction Matrix Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
10 5 Morse Code Confusions Stimuli Properties Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
10 6 Protest acts restrictions Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
10 7 Protest Acts Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
10 8 Tonal Stimuli Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
11 1 Bowl Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
11 2 Swiss Roll Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
13 1 Constant Dissimilarities Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
13 2 KIPT Subtest Correlations Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
13 3 KIPT Subtest Rank-Orders Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
14 1 Breakfast Items Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
14 2 Breweries Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
14 3 Contrived Color Preferences Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
14 4 Empirical Color Preferences Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
14 5 Political Party Preferences Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
15 1 Attributes of Countries Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
15 2 Rorschach Pictures Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
16 1 Automobiles Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
16 2 Family Composition Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
16 3 Presidential Candidates Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
17 1 Rectangle Pairs SS Group Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
17 2 Rectangle Pairs WH Group Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
17 3 Rectangles Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
18 1 Colors B Matrix Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
18 2 Colors H(2) Matrix Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
18 3 Colors Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
19 1 Colors Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
20 1 Four points in 4D Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
20 2 Two 3D Configurations Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
20 3 Wellbeing Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
21 1 Color Pairs Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
22 1 Handicaps Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
23 1 Cola Brand Switching Gravity Model Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
23 2 Cola Brand Switching Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
23 3 Journal Citations Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
23 4 Threat Display Behaviors Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
24 1 Ability Scores Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
24 2 Breakfast Item Statements CA Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
24 3 Crime Rates CA Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
24 4 Political Parties CA Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
24 5 Rorschach CA Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
24 6 Work Values East Germany Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file
24 7 Work Values West Germany Description Raw data Excel file SPSS file