SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

ALSCAL
ALSCAL VARIABLES=varlist
[/FILE=file] [CONFIG [({INITIAL})]] [ROWCONF [({INITIAL})]]
{FIXED } {FIXED }
[COLCONF [({INITIAL})]] [SUBJWGHT[({INITIAL})]]
{FIXED } {FIXED }
[STIMWGHT[({INITIAL})]]
{FIXED }
[/INPUT=ROWS ({ALL**})]
{ n }
[/SHAPE={SYMMETRIC**}]
{ASYMMETRIC }
{RECTANGULAR}
[/LEVEL={ORDINAL** [([UNTIE] [SIMILAR])]}]
{INTERVAL[({1})] }
{ {n} }
{RATIO[({1})] }
{ {n} }
{NOMINAL }
[/CONDITION={MATRIX** }]
{ROW }
{UNCONDITIONAL}
[/{MODEL }={EUCLID**}]
{METHOD} {INDSCAL }
{ASCAL }
{AINDS }
{GEMSCAL }
[/CRITERIA=[NEGATIVE] [CUTOFF({0**})] [CONVERGE({.001})]
{ n } { n }
[ITER({30})] [STRESSMIN({.005})] [NOULB]
{n } { n }
[DIMENS({2** })] [DIRECTIONS(n)]
{min[,max]}
[CONSTRAIN] [TIESTORE(n)]]
[/PRINT=[DATA] [HEADER]] [/PLOT=[DEFAULT] [ALL]]
[/OUTFILE=file]
[/MATRIX=IN({file})]
{* }
**Default if the subcommand or keyword is omitted.
Example
ALSCAL VARIABLES=ATLANTA TO TAMPA.
ALSCAL was originally designed and programmed by Forrest W. Young, Yoshio Takane,
and Rostyslaw J. Lewyckyj of the Psychometric Laboratory, University of North Carolina.
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