3.2.1. Comparison of recommendations made by sets of advisors
PROXSCAL was also used to plot each advisor on two axes representing
similarities in the recommendations they most commonly
made. To compare the similarities in recommendations between
different types of advisors, one standard deviation ellipses were
created around the mean co-ordinate positions for each group.
In Fig. 3, each of the 81 advisors is plotted as a dot on the
two axes representing similarities in recommendations. Advisors
located near each other were therefore more likely to
have recommended similar measures. One standard deviation
ellipses were created for: CSFOs; Natural England (NE); Environment
Agency (EA); independent specialists; and not for profit
environmental organisations, including Rivers Trust; Wildlife
Trust; RSPB; Woodland Trust, and FWAG in the South West (environmental
organisations).