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Publication date: 06/21/2023

Shepard Diagram

In the Multidimensional Scaling report, the Shepard Diagram is a plot of the actual or transformed proximities versus the predicted proximities. The plot indicates how well the Multidimensional Scaling Plot reflects the actual proximities. The Shepard is analogous to an Actual by Predicted plot. Ideally the points fall on the Y = X line, which is shown in red.

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