“…It is also interesting to evaluate how the consensus ranking
changes when
differs from the true value: the marginal posterior distribution of
obtained when
is displayed in Figure 6 on the left, and when
on the right, with
. By inspecting the left panel we see that assuming
yields a clustered structure, thus implying that the best lower‐dimensional solution of ranked data in a higher‐dimension is consistent with a partial ordering, also called “bucket solution.”
35 On the other hand, assuming
(Figure 6, right panel) yields a top‐rank solution, as the algorithm seems to be able to indirectly suggest the true
by showing a much larger uncertainty around the items ranked with larger values than the true
. Overall, when
…”