ALSCAL

ALSCAL is available in the Statistics Base option.

ALSCAL  VARIABLES=varlist

 [/FILE='savfile'|'dataset']  
              [CONFIG  [({INITIAL**})]]  [ROWCONF [({INITIAL**})]] 
                         {FIXED    }                {FIXED    }

               [COLCONF [({INITIAL**})]]  [SUBJWGHT[({INITIAL**})]] 
                          {FIXED    }                {FIXED    }


               [STIMWGHT[({INITIAL**})]] 
                          {FIXED    }

 [/INPUT=ROWS ({ALL**})]
               { n   }

 [/SHAPE={SYMMETRIC**}] 
         {ASYMMETRIC }
         {RECTANGULAR}

 [/LEVEL={ORDINAL**  [([UNTIE] [SIMILAR])]}] 
         {INTERVAL[({1**})]                 } 
         {          {n  }                   }
         {RATIO[({1**})]                    } 
         {       {n  }                      }
         {NOMINAL                           }

 [/CONDITION={MATRIX**     }] 
             {ROW          }
             {UNCONDITIONAL}

 [/{MODEL }={EUCLID**}] 
   {METHOD} {INDSCAL }
            {ASCAL   }
            {AINDS   }
            {GEMSCAL }

 [/CRITERIA=[NEGATIVE] [CUTOFF({0**})] [CONVERGE({.001})] 
                               { n }             { n  }    

         [ITER({30**})] [STRESSMIN({.005**})] [NOULB] 
               {n }              { n  }  

         [DIMENS({2** **     })] [DIRECTIONS(n)] 
                 {min[,max]}

         [CONSTRAIN]  [TIESTORE(n)]] 

 [/PRINT=[DATA**] [HEADER]]    [/PLOT=[DEFAULT**] [ALL]] 

 [/OUTFILE='savfile'|'dataset']  

 [/MATRIX=IN({'savfile'|'dataset'})]
             {*                  }

**Default if the subcommand or keyword is omitted.

This command reads the active dataset and causes execution of any pending commands. See the topic Command Order for more information.

Example

ALSCAL VARIABLES=ATLANTA TO TAMPA.

ALSCAL was originally designed and programmed by Forrest W. Young, Yoshio Takane, and Rostyslaw J. Lewyckyj of the Psychometric Laboratory, University of North Carolina.