Multivariate scaling methods and the reconstruction of social spaces

This edited volume assembles contributions of leading scholars in the fields of statistical methods and applications in the social sciences. Multivariate scaling methods for categorical data, in particular correspondence analysis, are used to extract the most important dimensions from complex data tables and to visualize relationships in the data. The volume treats recent statistical developments, methodological considerations, and empirical applications. A special emphasis is placed on multiple aspects of space and their sociological significance: the reconstruction of "social spaces" with statistical methods, illustrations of spatial relations involving proximity, distance and inequality, and concrete interactions in urban neighbourhoods. The edited volume is meant to honour the lifetime achievements of Prof. Jörg Blasius (Chair of Sociology/ Empirical Research Methods, Bonn).



Dr Alice Barth is a research associate at the Institute of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Bonn. Felix Leßke was a research assistant at the Institute of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Bonn. He currently works as an evaluator at the German Development Cooperation Evaluation Institute (DEval).

Rebekka Atakan is a research assistant at the Institute of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Bonn. Manuela Schmidt is a research assistant at the Institute of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Bonn. Yvonne Scheit is a research assistant at the Institute of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Bonn.



Jörg Breitung: Dr. Strangelove or how I learned to stop worrying and love correspondence analysis

Frédéric Lebaron, Brigitte Le Roux, Aykiz Dogan: Applying Combinatorial Inference in GDA. The Case of European Central Bank Governing Council Members (1999-2022)



Part II: Sociological applications of correspondence analysis and other multivariate scaling methods

Alice Barth, Rebekka Atakan, Felix Leßke, Yvonne Scheit, Manuela Schmidt: Reconstructing a scientist's "space of social relations" via multiple correspondence analysis

Martin Fritz & Yasemin El-Menouar: Religiosity and climate change beliefs in Europe

Rahim Hajji, Simone Pollak, Gunnar Voß, Ulrike Scorna, Jessica Schäfer: Health inequality, working conditions in dual vocational training and educational inequality – An analysis using categorical principal components analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis



Part III: Social inequality and change in (urban) space

Jens S. Dangschat: Gentrification as a self-producing and self-reenforcing process on the macro, meso and micro level

Karl M. van Meter: CARME – The rise and fall of a sociological space to the east

Nina Baur, Elmar Kulke: Social milieus in urban space



Part IV: Data quality and statistical education

Rainer Diaz-Bone: Sociological perspectives on teaching statistics in sociology – disciplinary complexities, interdisciplinary challenges and data worlds

Pieter C. Schoonees, Patrick J. F. Groenen, Michel van de Velden, Hester van Herk: Effects of Visual Priming on Rating Scale Usage



Part V: Reminiscences, anecdotes and greetings

Miriam Trübner, Andreas Mühlichen: Jörg Blasius – An Academic Life in Numbers

Clemens Albrecht: Structure: follow culture! Eine kurze Soziologie der akademischen Freundschaft

Nina Baur: Persönliche Notiz

Jens S. Dangschat: Zwei wichtige Erlebnisse – für Jörg und für mich

Robert Helmrich: An Jörg

Rahim Hajji: An Jörg

Yasemin El-Menouar: Für Jörg

Martin Fritz: An Jörg

Patrick J. F. Groenen: Travels with Jörg

Michael Greenacre: My 39 years with Jörg

Wendelin Strubelt: Eine Annäherung an dich, Jörg, an uns Reisende



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