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Exploring the Similarities of Different Risks

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  • S M Macgill

    (School of Geography, The University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, England)

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Multifactorial data on risk originally collected by Fischoff et al and analysed using the method of factor analysis are reanalysed in this paper using Atkin's Q -analysis algorithm and Johnson's method of Q -discrimination analysis. These algorithms are presented as distinctive methods for interpreting data by revealing their internal structure. Unlike more familiar methods of factor analysis that can be used for a broadly similar purpose, the data are not distorted in any way, for example via the calculation of correlation coefficients. The ‘results’ which are obtained by invoking Q -analysis are contrasted with those originally obtained from factor analysis, and some comment on the apparent differences is made.

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  • S M Macgill, 1983. "Exploring the Similarities of Different Risks," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 10(3), pages 303-329, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:10:y:1983:i:3:p:303-329
    DOI: 10.1068/b100303
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