Hi, for MDS should only be the number of subjects/items, not that of variables be a problem. But anyway, most of the standalone FORTRAN programs, like ALSCAL, let you change the DIMENSION of the arrays easily. HTH, Wolfgang ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dirk Meurer" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 6:00 PM Subject: MDS with a 400X400 Matrix > Dear Listmembers, > I would like to do a MDS with a 400X400 square, symetric matrix of > (dis)similaritys. Most MDS-Software is limited to a much smaller amount > of variables though. I have been told, that SAS might be able to process > the analyis I need, but this is quite inconvenient for me in terms of > access to the software, hardware-requirements etc. Could anybody tell > me, if there is a stand-alone program that can do MDS (preferably > nonmetric) with a matrix of that size? > > Thanks a lot for your help, > dirk > > P.S: My Matrix is not suitable for factor analysis and clustering does > not produce the results I need. >