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Monte Carlo study of metric and nonmetric estimation methods for multiattribute models

Philippe Cattin

# Monte Carlo study of metric and nonmetric estimation methods for multiattribute models

Written in English

Subjects:
• Marketing research.,
• Motivation research (Marketing)

• Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 25-26).

The Physical Object ID Numbers Statement Philippe Cattin and Dick R. Wittink. Series Research paper -- no. 341, Research paper (Stanford University. Graduate School of Business) -- no. 341. Contributions Wittink, Dick R. Pagination 28 leaves ; Number of Pages 28 Open Library OL22236641M

Several nonmetric multidimensional scaling random ranking studies are discussed in response to the preceding article (TM ). The choice of a starting configuration is discussed and the use of principal component analysis in obtaining such a configuration is .   It randomly generates different simulated data samples (“simulated experiments”), and uses the Monte Carlo parameter sampling method to estimate a and b for each sample, and also calculates the one-standard-deviation uncertainties based on the Hessian and fmin plus a half method.

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