Multidimensional scaling

Multidimensional scaling (MDS) is a statistical technique used for exploring dialect continua. MDS reduces complex distance data into interpretable low-dimensional representations. A number of different algorithms for MDS exist. The method used in Gabmap is classical multidimensional scaling.

General reference: Legendre and Legendre 1998

Use in dialectology: Embleton 1987, Heeringa 2004, Prokic 2010, Wheeler 2005

Topics:

• How does MDS work?
• Color representation
• Maps per dimension

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