Document Type
Article
Abstract
The primary purpose of this paper is to advocate the use of multidimensional scaling (MDS) preference plot to study relationships among variables and individual differences in these variables. MDS preference plot is not a new visual technique; nevertheless, its application to visualize individual differences in variables for high-dimensional data is rare, particularly in education and social sciences. We illustrated its application using a real example in an educational setting. The results indicate that the MDS preference plot is a viable visualization technique for data mining and analytics. Traditional statistical methods, such as the analysis of variance, can be used to further support the visual analysis results.
Publication Date
3-1-2023
ISSN
20597991
Publication Title
Methodological Innovations
Volume
16
Issue
1
First Page
67
Last Page
77
DOI
10.1177/20597991221144574
Recommended Citation
Zhang, Yan and Ding, Cody, "Using MDS preference plot as visual analytics of data: A machine learning approach" (2023). Education Sciences and Professional Programs Faculty Works. 40.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/20597991221144574
Available at:
https://irl.umsl.edu/espp/40