A Multidimensional Scaling Analysis of Perceived Similarities of Rivers in Western Montana
- 1 October 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 43 (2) , 575-584
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1976.43.2.575
Abstract
To investigate the usefulness of multidimensional scaling analysis, 24 canoeists and fishermen were asked to judge the degree of similarity between all possible pairings of 12 river sections in Western Montana. Using a multidimensional scaling method it was shown that perception of the river was based on a size dimension (physical breadth of the river) and altered vs natural dimension (pristine versus developed).Keywords
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