I describe and illustrate the use of multidimensional scaling methods for visualizing social networks in Stata. The procedure is implemented in the netplot command. I discuss limitations of the approach and sketch possibilities for improvement. Copyright 2011 by StataCorp LP.

Questionnaire survey data are usually characterized by a great amount of ordinal variables. For multivariate analysis, it is suitable to reduce task dimensionality. The aim of this paper is a comparison of the results obtained by the analysis of data files with ordinal variables using selected...

Most of practical methods for constructing positioning maps use as dependent variables data which are measured either on interval scales with normal distribution or on ordinal scales. Furthermore, ordinal data considered for this purpose are scores obtained either with Likert type items or with...

The concept of development is not only referred to the level or to the growth rate of GDP of a country, but it concerns different aspects of individual life. Development leads to a changing of values, behaviours and attitudes of people interested in it and in the well-being of the whole society....