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                Multidimensional Scaling:  Data=WORK.BRITDIST
                 Shape=SQUARE Condition=MATRIX Level=ORDINAL
                  Coef=IDENTITY Dimension=2 Formula=1 Fit=1

        Mconverge=0.01 Gconverge=0.01 Maxiter=100 Over=2 Ridge=0.0001


                                                      Convergence Measures
                     Badness-of-Fit     Change in  --------------------------
Iteration  Type           Criterion     Criterion      Monotone      Gradient
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      0    Initial         0.041295             .             .             .
      1    Monotone        0.025848      0.015447      0.026114      0.692917
      2    Gau-New         0.018742      0.007106             .             .
      3    Monotone        0.015746      0.002996      0.009618      0.393137
      4    Gau-New         0.014484      0.001262             .      0.010770
      5    Gau-New         0.014483   0.000000797             .      0.000788

                     Convergence criteria are satisfied.

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  OBS  _DIMENS_  _MATRIX_  _TYPE_     TOWN      _NAME_      DIM1      DIM2

    1      2         .     CRITERION                       0.01448    .     
    2      2         .     CONFIG     aberystw  ABERYSTW   0.27002   1.05712
    3      2         .     CONFIG     brighton  BRIGHTON   1.47085  -0.06801
    4      2         .     CONFIG     carlisle  CARLISLE  -0.98171   0.17437
    5      2         .     CONFIG     dover     DOVER      1.54440  -0.56191
    6      2         .     CONFIG     exeter    EXETER     1.41972   1.02111
    7      2         .     CONFIG     glasgow   GLASGOW   -1.67315   0.24747
    8      2         .     CONFIG     hull      HULL      -0.07143  -0.35258
    9      2         .     CONFIG     invernes  INVERNES  -2.73610  -0.15981
   10      2         .     CONFIG     leeds     LEEDS     -0.18969   0.00010
   11      2         .     CONFIG     london    LONDON     1.08547  -0.21368
   12      2         .     CONFIG     newcastl  NEWCASTL  -0.86678  -0.26386
   13      2         .     CONFIG     norwich   NORWICH    0.72840  -0.88034
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              Plot of DIM1*DIM2$TOWN.  Symbol points to label.

       |
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   1.5 +             > dover      > brighton
       |                                                       > exeter
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       |                      > london
   1.0 +
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       |     > norwich
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   0.5 +
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       |                                                       > aberystw
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   0.0 +
       |                   > hull
D      |                            > leeds
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e -0.5 +
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o      |                     > newcastl
n -1.0 +                                 > carlisle
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  -1.5 +
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       |                                  > glasgow
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  -2.0 +
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  -2.5 +
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       |                        > invernes
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  -3.0 +
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       ---+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--
        -1.0         -0.5          0.0          0.5          1.0          1.5

                                     Dimension 2

NOTE: 1 obs had missing values.
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                Plot of D1*D2$TOWN.  Symbol points to label.

  D1 |
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 3.0 +
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     |                                              > invernes
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 2.5 +
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 2.0 +
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     |                                   > glasgow
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 1.5 +
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 1.0 +                                     > carlisle
     |                                                 > newcastl
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 0.5 +
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     |                                          > leeds
     |                                                    > hull
 0.0 +
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     |            > aberystw
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-0.5 +
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     |                                                           norwich <
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-1.0 +
     |                                                > london
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     |             > exeter
-1.5 +                                            > brighton    > dover
     |
     -+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-
    -1.5          -1.0          -0.5           0.0           0.5           1.0

                                         D2

NOTE: 1 obs had missing values.