%0 Journal Article
%T Dissimilarity profile analysis: a case study from Italian universities
%A Nadia Solaro
%J -
%D 2012
%R DOI Code: 10.1285/i20705948v5n3p438
%X Dissimilarity profile analysis (DPA) is introduced as an explorative tool for object-oriented data analysis techniques that address the problem of latent dimension extraction by using proximity measures. Potentialities of DPA are shown within a case study from Italian universities, where undergraduate courses are examined with respect to students¡¯ enrolment, career, and degree attainment
%K dimensionality reduction
%K SMACOF multidimensional scaling
%U http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/ejasa/article/view/12382