alsosDV {DAMisc} R Documentation

## Alternating Least Squares Optimal Scaling

### Description

This is a wrapper for the newer alsos function which allows optimal scaling of both dependent and independent variables. I retain the old operationalization of alsosDV for backward compatability purposes.

### Usage

alsosDV(form, data, maxit = 30, level = 2, process = 1, starts = NULL, ...)


### Arguments

 form A formula for a linear model where the dependent variable will be optimally scaled relative to the model. data A data frame. maxit Maximum number of iterations of the optimal scaling algorithm. level Measurement level of the dependent variable 1=Nominal, 2=Ordinal process Nature of the measurement process: 1=discrete, 2=continuous. Basically identifies whether tied observations will continue to be tied in the optimally scaled variale (1) or whether the algorithm can untie the points (2) subject to the overall measurement constraints in the model. starts Optional starting values for the optimal scaling algorithm. ... Other arguments to be passed down to lm.

### Value

A list with the following elements:

 result The result of the optimal scaling process data The original data frame with additional columns adding the optimally scaled DV iterations The iteration history of the algorithm form Original formula

### Author(s)

Dave Armstrong and Bill Jacoby

### References

Jacoby, William G. 1999. ‘Levels of Measurement and Political Research: An Optimistic View’ American Journal of Political Science 43(1): 271-301.

Young, Forrest. 1981. ‘Quantitative Analysis of Qualitative Data’ Psychometrika, 46: 357-388.

Young, Forrest, Jan de Leeuw and Yoshio Takane. 1976. ‘Regression with Qualitative and Quantitative Variables: An Alternating Least Squares Method with Optimal Scaling Features’ Psychometrika, 41:502-529.

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