Value structure - On the use of weakly constrained confirmatory MDS : Paper presented at the 19th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology July 27-31, 2008, Bremen, Germany

Ordinal Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) has become a central approach for analyzing value structures in cross-cultural studies. Starting from regional hypotheses, MDS displays the discrimina-bility of value types in an easily accessible geometric represent-tation. Furthermore, this approach is relati...

Verfasser: Bilsky, Wolfgang
Weitere Beteiligte: Brocke, Michaela (Weiterer Beteiligter)
Döring, Anna Katrin (Weiterer Beteiligter)
Gollan, Tobias (Weiterer Beteiligter)
Janik, Michael (Weiterer Beteiligter)
FB/Einrichtung:FB 07: Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft
Dokumenttypen:Arbeitspapier
Medientypen:Text
Erscheinungsdatum:2008
Publikation in MIAMI:23.07.2019
Datum der letzten Änderung:06.03.2020
Reihe:Berichte aus der Arbeitseinheit Differentielle Psychologie und Persönlichkeitspsychologie, Bd. 32
Angaben zur Ausgabe:[Electronic ed.]
Schlagwörter:value structure; weakly constrained confirmatory MDS; starting configuration; Computerized paired comparisons of values (CPCV); Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ40); European Social Survey (ESS)
Fachgebiet (DDC):150: Psychologie
Lizenz:InC 1.0
Sprache:English
Anmerkungen:Berichte aus dem Psychologischen Institut IV
Format:PDF-Dokument
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-04139608913
Permalink:https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-04139608913
Onlinezugriff:bericht_bpi-iv_2008_32.pdf

Ordinal Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) has become a central approach for analyzing value structures in cross-cultural studies. Starting from regional hypotheses, MDS displays the discrimina-bility of value types in an easily accessible geometric represent-tation. Furthermore, this approach is relatively free from mathe-ma¬tical restrictions and additional assumptions not relevant to the problem under study (Borg & Shye, 1995). However, MDS configurations of identical data sets may differ, depending on the respective starting configuration. Such artefacts can be avoided by computing a weakly constrained confirmatory MDS. Drawing on Schwartz' (1992) value theory, the construction of a design matrix is proposed which specifies his model geometrically. This matrix serves as the basis for deriving a starting configuration that is tailored to the value instrument applied (Bilsky, Gollan & Döring, 2007). Its use is demonstrated by analyzing data sets collected with different instruments.