On the Robustness of Maximum Likelihood Scaling for Violations of the Error Model.

Storms, Gert

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Publication Date: 1995

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On the Robustness of Maximum Likelihood Scaling for Violations of the Error Model.

Storms, Gert

Psychometrika, v60 n2 p247-58 Jun 1995

A Monte Carlo study was conducted to investigate the robustness of the assumed error distribution in maximum likelihood estimation models for multidimensional scaling. Results show that violations of the assumed error distribution have virtually no effect on the estimated distance parameters. (SLD)

Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Estimation (Mathematics), Maximum Likelihood Statistics, Monte Carlo Methods, Multidimensional Scaling, Robustness (Statistics), Simulation

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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