Producing a Degenerate Solution

  1. To run a Multidimensional Unfolding analysis, from the menus choose:

    Analyze > Scale > Multidimensional Unfolding (PREFSCAL)...

    Figure 1. Multidimensional Unfolding main dialog box
    Multidimensional Unfolding main dialog box
  2. Select Toast pop-up through Corn muffin and butter (when variables are listed in file order) as proximities variables.
  3. Click Options.
    Figure 2. Options dialog box
    Options dialog box
  4. In the Options dialog, select Classical in the Initial Configuration group and select Spearman in the associated imputation method drop-down list.
  5. In the Penalty Term group, type 1.0 as the value of the Strength parameter and 0.0 as the value of the Range parameter. This turns off the penalty term.
  6. Click Continue.
  7. Click OK in the Multidimensional Unfolding dialog box.

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