在矿产预测中常涉及一些定性变量，对这些变量的分析和应用，必须将定性描述的地质特征转化为用数值表示的变量，这就需要处理此问题的方法——多维标度法。笔者介绍了计量性的Ｔｏｒｇｅｒｓｏｎ法、准计量性的林知已夫数量化理论和非计量性多维标度法，并列举了其在矿产预测中的应用实例。 In mineral prediction often involves some qualitative variables, the analysis and application of these variables must be qualitative description of geological features into numerical variables, which requires dealing with this problem method - multidimensional scaling method. The author introduces the quantitative Torgerson method, the quasi-quantitative Lin Zhiqiu quantitative theory and non-metric multidimensional scaling method, and lists its application in mineral prediction.