In nonmetric multidimensional scaling (MDS), rank represents the relative order of pairwise distances when subjective assessments make their absolute values unsuitable. section 6.2.2
Table 6.1 The respective distance between four points and the ranks of the distances
|
Pair of points
|
Distance
|
Ranks of the respective distances
|
|---|---|---|
|
A and B
|
100
|
3
|
|
A and C
|
105
|
4
|
|
A and D
|
95
|
2
|
|
B and C
|
205
|
6
|
|
B and D
|
150
|
5
|
|
C and D
|
55
|
1
|
The table orders distances among four points by rank, from the smallest rank for C–D to the largest for B–C. section 6.2.2
