Data sets for Chapter 17

  1. Rectangle Pairs SS Group
  2. Rectangle Pairs WH Group
  3. Rectangles

1. Rectangle Pairs SS Group

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

Title: Rectangle Pairs SS Group

Source: Borg and Leutner (1983)

Description: Average dissimilarity ratings of 21 persons who each
evaluated 16 rectangles with varying size and shape. Each subject
rated all possible 120 stimulus pairs twice on a scale with end
categories 0=equal, identical, and 9=extremely different.

The stimuli were designed as follows


Stimulus Width Height
1 3.0000 3.0000
2 3.5303 3.5303
3 4.0607 4.0607
4 4.5910 4.5910
5 3.8839 2.1161
6 4.4142 2.6464
7 4.9445 3.1768
8 5.4749 3.7071
9 4.7678 1.2322
10 5.2981 1.7626
11 5.8284 2.2929
12 6.3588 2.8232
13 5.6517 0.3483
14 6.1820 0.8787
15 6.7123 1.4090
16 7.2426 1.9393

2. Rectangle Pairs WH Group

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

Title: Rectangle Pairs WH Group

Source: Borg and Leutner (1983)

Description: Average dissimilarity ratings of 21 persons who each
evaluated 16 rectangles with varying width and height. Each subject
rated all possible 120 stimulus pairs twice on a scale with end
categories 0=equal, identical, and 9=extremely different.


The stimuli were designed as follows:

Stimulus Width Height
1 3.00 0.50
2 3.00 1.25
3 3.00 2.00
4 3.00 2.75
5 4.25 0.50
6 4.25 1.25
7 4.25 2.00
8 4.25 2.75
9 5.50 0.50
10 5.50 1.25
11 5.50 2.00
12 5.50 2.75
13 6.75 0.50
14 6.75 1.25
15 6.75 2.00
16 6.75 2.75

3. Rectangles

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

Title: Rectangles

Source: Schönemann et al. (1985)

Description: Relative dissimilarity ratings (averaged over 20
subjects) for nine different rectangles.

The physical width-height characteristics (in cm) of the rectangles
are:

No. Width Height
1 2.7 3.1
2 5.4 3.1
3 8.1 3.1
4 2.7 5.4
5 5.4 5.4
6 8.1 5.4
7 2.7 8.1
8 5.4 8.1
9 8.1 8.1