data countries;

input angola argent australi china cuba japan usa zimbab; datalines;

......

1.41 ......

1.00 1.00 ......

1.00 1.73 1.41 . . . . .

1.41 1.41 1.73 1.00 . . . .

1.41 1.41 1.00 1.00 1.41 . . .

1.73 1.00 1.41 1.41 1.00 1.00 . .

.71 1.41 1.00 1.00 1.41 1.41 1.73 .

......

1 ......

2 2 ......

3 3 2 . . . . .

1 1 3 1 . . . .

2 2 1 2 1 . . .

3 3 2 3 2 2 . .

1 1 3 1 3 3 1 .

......

1.41 ......

1.41 1 ......

1 1.41 1.41 . . . . .

1 1.41 1.41 1 . . . .

1.41 1 1 1.41 1.41 . . .

1.41 1 1 1.41 1.41 1 . .

1 1.41 1.41 1 1 1.41 1.41 .

......

1 ......

0 1 ......

1 0 1 . . . . .

1.41 1 1.41 1 . . . .

1 1.41 1 0 1 . . .

1.41 1 1.41 1 0 1 . .

0 1 0 1 1.41 1 1.41 .

;

proc mds pconfig pfinal pdata pfit pcoef dim=2 to 3 level=interval coef=diagonal

iter=250 random=123;

var angola argent australi china cuba japan usa zimbab;

run;

The SAS System 1

Multidimensional Scaling: Data=WORK.COUNTRIES.DATA

Data Matrix

1 angola argent australi china cuba japan usa zimbab

angola . 1.41 1 1 1.41 1.41 1.73 0.71

argent 1.41 . 1 1.73 1.41 1.41 1 1.41

australi 1 1 . 1.41 1.73 1 1.41 1

china 1 1.73 1.41 . 1 1 1.41 1

cuba 1.41 1.41 1.73 1 . 1.41 1 1.41

japan 1.41 1.41 1 1 1.41 . 1 1.41

usa 1.73 1 1.41 1.41 1 1 . 1.73

zimbab 0.71 1.41 1 1 1.41 1.41 1.73 .

Data Matrix

2 angola argent australi china cuba japan usa zimbab

angola . 1 2 3 1 2 3 1

argent 1 . 2 3 1 2 3 1

australi 2 2 . 2 3 1 2 3

china 3 3 2 . 1 2 3 1

cuba 1 1 3 1 . 1 2 3

japan 2 2 1 2 1 . 2 3

usa 3 3 2 3 2 2 . 1

zimbab 1 1 3 1 3 3 1 .

Data Matrix

3 angola argent australi china cuba japan usa zimbab

angola . 1.41 1.41 1 1 1.41 1.41 1

argent 1.41 . 1 1.41 1.41 1 1 1.41

australi 1.41 1 . 1.41 1.41 1 1 1.41

china 1 1.41 1.41 . 1 1.41 1.41 1

cuba 1 1.41 1.41 1 . 1.41 1.41 1

japan 1.41 1 1 1.41 1.41 . 1 1.41

usa 1.41 1 1 1.41 1.41 1 . 1.41

zimbab 1 1.41 1.41 1 1 1.41 1.41 .

The SAS System 2

Multidimensional Scaling: Data=WORK.COUNTRIES.DATA

Data Matrix

4 angola argent australi china cuba japan usa zimbab

angola . 1 0 1 1.41 1 1.41 0

argent 1 . 1 0 1 1.41 1 1

australi 0 1 . 1 1.41 1 1.41 0

china 1 0 1 . 1 0 1 1

cuba 1.41 1 1.41 1 . 1 0 1.41

japan 1 1.41 1 0 1 . 1 1

usa 1.41 1 1.41 1 0 1 . 1.41

zimbab 0 1 0 1 1.41 1 1.41 .

The SAS System 3

Multidimensional Scaling: Data=WORK.COUNTRIES.DATA

Shape=TRIANGLE Condition=MATRIX Level=INTERVAL

Coef=DIAGONAL Dimension=2 Formula=1 Fit=1

Gconverge=0.01 Maxiter=350 Over=1 Ridge=0.0001

Badness-

of-Fit Change in Convergence

Iteration Type Criterion Criterion Measure

ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ

0 Initial 0.3411 . 1.0000

1 Lev-Mar 0.3336 0.007475 0.2598

2 Gau-New 0.3292 0.004457 0.1990

3 Gau-New 0.3244 0.004766 0.1523

4 Lev-Mar 0.3240 0.000348 0.1480

5 Lev-Mar 0.3230 0.001055 0.1402

6 Gau-New 0.3211 0.001842 0.1739

7 Lev-Mar 0.3211 0.0000675 0.1855

8 Gau-New 0.3166 0.004495 0.1707

9 Gau-New 0.3110 0.005601 0.1177

10 Gau-New 0.3092 0.001761 0.1173

11 Lev-Mar 0.3087 0.000558 0.0553

12 Lev-Mar 0.3086 0.0000716 0.0571

13 Lev-Mar 0.3085 0.0000518 0.0491

14 Lev-Mar 0.3084 0.0000963 0.0483

15 Lev-Mar 0.3084 0.0000475 0.0401

16 Lev-Mar 0.3084 0.0000139 0.0392

17 Lev-Mar 0.3084 1.9193E-6 0.0441

18 Lev-Mar 0.3084 3.6988E-6 0.0410

19 Lev-Mar 0.3084 2.0447E-6 0.0419

20 Lev-Mar 0.3084 9.3621E-7 0.0436

21 Lev-Mar 0.3084 2.2043E-7 0.0408

...

344 Lev-Mar 0.3084 1.656E-12 0.0263

345 Lev-Mar 0.3084 7.37E-12 0.0251

346 Lev-Mar 0.3084 1.656E-12 0.0263

347 Lev-Mar 0.3084 7.37E-12 0.0251

348 Lev-Mar 0.3084 1.656E-12 0.0263

349 Lev-Mar 0.3084 7.37E-12 0.0251

350 Lev-Mar 0.3084 1.656E-12 0.0263

WARNING: Iteration limit reached without convergence. Results

may be inaccurate.

The SAS System 4

Multidimensional Scaling: Data=WORK.COUNTRIES.DATA

Shape=TRIANGLE Condition=MATRIX Level=INTERVAL

Coef=DIAGONAL Dimension=2 Formula=1 Fit=1

Configuration

Dim1 Dim2

ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ

angola -0.86 0.33

argent 1.22 0.33

australi 0.74 -1.10

china -0.96 1.42

cuba -1.24 0.31

japan 0.78 -0.75

usa 1.18 -1.64

zimbab -0.86 1.09

Dimension Coefficients

_MATRIX_ 1 2

ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ

1 1.41 0.00

2 0.00 1.41

3 1.34 0.45

4 0.00 0.00

The SAS System 5

Multidimensional Scaling: Data=WORK.COUNTRIES.DATA

Shape=TRIANGLE Condition=MATRIX Level=INTERVAL

Coef=DIAGONAL Dimension=2 Formula=1 Fit=1

Number of Badness-of- Uncorrected

Nonmissing Fit Distance Distance

_MATRIX_ Data Weight Criterion Correlation Correlation

ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ

1 28 0.25 0.18 0.56 0.98

2 28 0.25 0.33 0.51 0.94

3 28 0.25 0.04 0.96 1.00

4 28 0.25 0.49 0.00 0.87

- All - 112 1.00 0.31 0.67 0.95

The SAS System 6

Multidimensional Scaling: Data=WORK.COUNTRIES.DATA

Data Matrix

1 angola argent australi china cuba japan usa zimbab

angola . 1.41 1 1 1.41 1.41 1.73 0.71

argent 1.41 . 1 1.73 1.41 1.41 1 1.41

australi 1 1 . 1.41 1.73 1 1.41 1

china 1 1.73 1.41 . 1 1 1.41 1

cuba 1.41 1.41 1.73 1 . 1.41 1 1.41

japan 1.41 1.41 1 1 1.41 . 1 1.41

usa 1.73 1 1.41 1.41 1 1 . 1.73

zimbab 0.71 1.41 1 1 1.41 1.41 1.73 .

Data Matrix

2 angola argent australi china cuba japan usa zimbab

angola . 1 2 3 1 2 3 1

argent 1 . 2 3 1 2 3 1

australi 2 2 . 2 3 1 2 3

china 3 3 2 . 1 2 3 1

cuba 1 1 3 1 . 1 2 3

japan 2 2 1 2 1 . 2 3

usa 3 3 2 3 2 2 . 1

zimbab 1 1 3 1 3 3 1 .

Data Matrix

3 angola argent australi china cuba japan usa zimbab

angola . 1.41 1.41 1 1 1.41 1.41 1

argent 1.41 . 1 1.41 1.41 1 1 1.41

australi 1.41 1 . 1.41 1.41 1 1 1.41

china 1 1.41 1.41 . 1 1.41 1.41 1

cuba 1 1.41 1.41 1 . 1.41 1.41 1

japan 1.41 1 1 1.41 1.41 . 1 1.41

usa 1.41 1 1 1.41 1.41 1 . 1.41

zimbab 1 1.41 1.41 1 1 1.41 1.41 .

The SAS System 7

Multidimensional Scaling: Data=WORK.COUNTRIES.DATA

Data Matrix

4 angola argent australi china cuba japan usa zimbab

angola . 1 0 1 1.41 1 1.41 0

argent 1 . 1 0 1 1.41 1 1

australi 0 1 . 1 1.41 1 1.41 0

china 1 0 1 . 1 0 1 1

cuba 1.41 1 1.41 1 . 1 0 1.41

japan 1 1.41 1 0 1 . 1 1

usa 1.41 1 1.41 1 0 1 . 1.41

zimbab 0 1 0 1 1.41 1 1.41 .

The SAS System 8

Multidimensional Scaling: Data=WORK.COUNTRIES.DATA

Shape=TRIANGLE Condition=MATRIX Level=INTERVAL

Coef=DIAGONAL Dimension=2 Formula=1 Fit=1

Gconverge=0.01 Maxiter=350 Over=1 Ridge=0.0001

Badness-

of-Fit Change in Convergence

Iteration Type Criterion Criterion Measure

ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ

0 Initial 0.3411 . 1.0000

1 Lev-Mar 0.3336 0.007475 0.2598

2 Gau-New 0.3292 0.004457 0.1990

3 Gau-New 0.3244 0.004766 0.1523

4 Lev-Mar 0.3240 0.000348 0.1480

5 Lev-Mar 0.3230 0.001055 0.1402

6 Gau-New 0.3211 0.001842 0.1739

7 Lev-Mar 0.3211 0.0000675 0.1855

8 Gau-New 0.3166 0.004495 0.1707

9 Gau-New 0.3110 0.005601 0.1177

10 Gau-New 0.3092 0.001761 0.1173

...

345 Lev-Mar 0.3084 7.37E-12 0.0251

346 Lev-Mar 0.3084 1.656E-12 0.0263

347 Lev-Mar 0.3084 7.37E-12 0.0251

348 Lev-Mar 0.3084 1.656E-12 0.0263

349 Lev-Mar 0.3084 7.37E-12 0.0251

350 Lev-Mar 0.3084 1.656E-12 0.0263

WARNING: Iteration limit reached without convergence. Results

may be inaccurate.

The SAS System 9

Multidimensional Scaling: Data=WORK.COUNTRIES.DATA

Shape=TRIANGLE Condition=MATRIX Level=INTERVAL

Coef=DIAGONAL Dimension=2 Formula=1 Fit=1

Configuration

Dim1 Dim2

ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ

angola -0.86 0.33

argent 1.22 0.33

australi 0.74 -1.10

china -0.96 1.42

cuba -1.24 0.31

japan 0.78 -0.75

usa 1.18 -1.64

zimbab -0.86 1.09

Dimension Coefficients

_MATRIX_ 1 2

ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ

1 1.41 0.00

2 0.00 1.41

3 1.34 0.45

4 0.00 0.00

The SAS System 10

Multidimensional Scaling: Data=WORK.COUNTRIES.DATA

Shape=TRIANGLE Condition=MATRIX Level=INTERVAL

Coef=DIAGONAL Dimension=2 Formula=1 Fit=1

Number of Badness-of- Uncorrected

Nonmissing Fit Distance Distance

_MATRIX_ Data Weight Criterion Correlation Correlation

ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ

1 28 0.25 0.18 0.56 0.98

2 28 0.25 0.33 0.51 0.94

3 28 0.25 0.04 0.96 1.00

4 28 0.25 0.49 0.00 0.87

- All - 112 1.00 0.31 0.67 0.95

The SAS System 11

Multidimensional Scaling: Data=WORK.COUNTRIES.DATA

Shape=TRIANGLE Condition=MATRIX Level=INTERVAL

Coef=DIAGONAL Dimension=3 Formula=1 Fit=1

Gconverge=0.01 Maxiter=350 Over=1 Ridge=0.0001

Badness-

of-Fit Change in Convergence

Iteration Type Criterion Criterion Measure

ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ

0 Initial 0.4931 . 0.7841

1 Lev-Mar 0.3601 0.1330 0.5867

2 Lev-Mar 0.3431 0.0170 0.5054

3 Gau-New 0.3347 0.008394 0.4506

4 Gau-New 0.3108 0.0239 0.2618

5 Gau-New 0.3038 0.007055 0.1392

6 Gau-New 0.3011 0.002632 0.1066

7 Lev-Mar 0.3008 0.000343 0.1207

8 Lev-Mar 0.3004 0.000421 0.0690

9 Lev-Mar 0.3001 0.000227 0.0947

10 Lev-Mar 0.3000 0.000104 0.0670

...

345 Lev-Mar 0.2998 8.448E-12 0.0718

346 Lev-Mar 0.2998 3.938E-11 0.0718

347 Lev-Mar 0.2998 2.882E-11 0.0724

348 Lev-Mar 0.2998 3.883E-12 0.0718

349 Lev-Mar 0.2998 3.934E-11 0.0718

350 Lev-Mar 0.2998 2.278E-11 0.0726

WARNING: Iteration limit reached without convergence. Results

may be inaccurate.

The SAS System 12

Multidimensional Scaling: Data=WORK.COUNTRIES.DATA

Shape=TRIANGLE Condition=MATRIX Level=INTERVAL

Coef=DIAGONAL Dimension=3 Formula=1 Fit=1

Configuration

Dim1 Dim2 Dim3

ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ

angola 0.61 -0.35 1.47

argent 1.30 -0.21 0.80

australi -1.61 0.11 0.83

china 0.42 0.80 -1.76

cuba 0.69 1.24 0.02

japan -0.96 1.25 0.25

usa -1.14 -1.44 -0.95

zimbab 0.69 -1.41 -0.66

Dimension Coefficients

_MATRIX_ 1 2 3

ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ

1 1.73 0.07 0.00

2 1.06 0.98 0.96

3 1.73 0.00 0.00

4 0.00 0.00 0.00

The SAS System 13

Multidimensional Scaling: Data=WORK.COUNTRIES.DATA

Shape=TRIANGLE Condition=MATRIX Level=INTERVAL

Coef=DIAGONAL Dimension=3 Formula=1 Fit=1

Number of Badness-of- Uncorrected

Nonmissing Fit Distance Distance

_MATRIX_ Data Weight Criterion Correlation Correlation

ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ

1 28 0.25 0.21 0.14 0.98

2 28 0.25 0.24 0.79 0.97

3 28 0.25 0.15 0.42 0.99

4 28 0.25 0.49 0.00 0.87

- All - 112 1.00 0.30 0.69 0.95

The SAS System 14

Multidimensional Scaling: Data=WORK.COUNTRIES.DATA

Shape=TRIANGLE Condition=MATRIX Level=INTERVAL

Coef=DIAGONAL Dimension=4 Formula=1 Fit=1

Gconverge=0.01 Maxiter=350 Over=1 Ridge=0.0001

Badness-

of-Fit Change in Convergence

Iteration Type Criterion Criterion Measure

ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ

0 Initial 0.4299 . 1.0000

1 Lev-Mar 0.3859 0.0439 0.7907

2 Lev-Mar 0.3619 0.0241 0.7563

3 Lev-Mar 0.3374 0.0245 0.7081

4 Lev-Mar 0.3205 0.0169 0.6654

5 Lev-Mar 0.3026 0.0179 0.5994

6 Lev-Mar 0.2626 0.0400 0.4099

7 Gau-New 0.2568 0.005783 0.3218

8 Gau-New 0.2466 0.0103 0.3311

9 Gau-New 0.2456 0.000932 0.3145

10 Gau-New 0.2348 0.0109 0.3386

11 Lev-Mar 0.2325 0.002293 0.4124

12 Lev-Mar 0.2314 0.001035 0.4286

13 Gau-New 0.2142 0.0173 0.2139

14 Gau-New 0.2100 0.004158 0.1196

15 Gau-New 0.2088 0.001266 0.0850

16 Gau-New 0.2082 0.000586 0.0694

17 Gau-New 0.2078 0.000364 0.0486

18 Gau-New 0.2077 0.000146 0.0382

19 Gau-New 0.2076 0.0000790 0.0290

20 Gau-New 0.2075 0.0000395 0.0225

21 Gau-New 0.2075 0.0000224 0.0181

22 Gau-New 0.2075 0.0000167 0.0148

23 Gau-New 0.2075 0.0000148 0.0132

24 Gau-New 0.2075 0.0000174 0.0126

25 Gau-New 0.2075 0.0000226 0.0131

26 Gau-New 0.2074 0.0000300 0.0139

27 Gau-New 0.2074 0.0000375 0.0146

28 Gau-New 0.2073 0.0000415 0.0143

29 Gau-New 0.2073 0.0000395 0.0130

30 Gau-New 0.2073 0.0000313 0.0108

31 Gau-New 0.2073 0.0000212 0.008492

Convergence criterion is satisfied.

The SAS System 15

Multidimensional Scaling: Data=WORK.COUNTRIES.DATA

Shape=TRIANGLE Condition=MATRIX Level=INTERVAL

Coef=DIAGONAL Dimension=4 Formula=1 Fit=1

Configuration

Dim1 Dim2 Dim3 Dim4

ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ

angola -0.28 -0.50 1.03 1.19

argent 1.30 -0.45 -0.89 0.96

australi -0.96 1.38 0.90 0.94

china 1.52 1.22 -0.05 -0.36

cuba -0.89 0.27 -1.50 -0.86

japan 0.93 0.72 0.66 -1.28

usa -0.63 -1.50 -1.22 -1.31

zimbab -0.98 -1.14 1.08 0.73

Dimension Coefficients

_MATRIX_ 1 2 3 4

ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ

1 0.00 0.42 1.46 1.30

2 0.00 1.62 0.00 1.17

3 2.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

4 0.95 0.45 1.27 1.13

The SAS System 16

Multidimensional Scaling: Data=WORK.COUNTRIES.DATA

Shape=TRIANGLE Condition=MATRIX Level=INTERVAL

Coef=DIAGONAL Dimension=4 Formula=1 Fit=1

Number of Badness-of- Uncorrected

Nonmissing Fit Distance Distance

_MATRIX_ Data Weight Criterion Correlation Correlation

ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ

1 28 0.25 0.16 0.68 0.99

2 28 0.25 0.32 0.54 0.95

3 28 0.25 0.16 0.00 0.99

4 28 0.25 0.12 0.97 0.99

- All - 112 1.00 0.21 0.87 0.98