I work for a consulting firm that often endeavors to understand and/or communicate with `the consumer'. To that end, we have started using the rep-grid...
Dear Karla, Yes, the grid has been used in this field for many years now. I once did a study to help someone develop a new cheese; this is written up in pp...
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Dear Devi, I am very much interested in the content analysis technique you mentioned in your last contribution. Is Peter Honey's content analysis technique a...
Carla, Schiffman's 1981 book 'Introduction to multidimensional scaling' has examples of the application of MDS to tastes, using some simple examples. This book...
Bob Green
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Nov 5, 2003 7:35 pm
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Dear Collegaues, Just a brief note. We recently created a system for coding and classifying interpersonal constructs. Although it may not be that useful in...
Guillem Feixas
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Nov 6, 2003 11:44 am
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Dear Carla, I used a personal construct approach, and specifically grid tools, to understand people's attitude toward and perception of very complex sensorial...
Hi. I'm about to embark on a Prof Doctorate. My research area is looking at what shapes young peoples' career choices and how the NHS can shape/influence. I'm...
Stewart, By "questionnaire" are you looking for some way of conducting a Repertory Test, but with a large sample size of respondents (as opposed to the way Rep...
Stewart..... I'm very interested in what you are doing, because my own field is careers guidance, though I am not an academic but a former practitioner (who...
Marcus Offer
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Hi Robin. Yes I think! My idea is to work with groups of young people in two distinct geographical areas. The reason I am attracted to the PCT approach is that...
Marcus. Thanks for responding. Absolutely right. I want to go into the research in a non judgemental way. My original background is in Social Work so am aware...
Dear Stewart, Fascinating topic. You may find the following useful: Jankowicz A.D. & Cooper K. 'The use of Focsued repertory grids in counselling' British...
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Hi, In my PhD project I've tried using RGT to get people to talk about terminology. Does anyone know of anyone doing something similar? All references and...
Stewart At 15:23 21/11/2003 +0000, you wrote: My current role is as Regional Director for the NHSU (NHS University) and the professional doctorate bit is to...
Marcus Offer
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Hi everyone, especially Stewart, Sorry that I've been tardy responding to this. We're in the middle of Final Examinations marking and other projects that have...
Hi, in behalf of Prof. Martin Fromm of the University of Stuttgart, Germany, i just like to make this quick announcement: We have released Version 1.1 of...
Could anybody tell me whether they have herd of research where the Repertory Grid technique has been applied in more than one format? I have used a specific...
If you look at www.enquirewithin.co.nz, you will find lots and lots of examples of different uses of constructs, together with a great many hints on how to...
Valerie Stewart
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Shell, I'm interested in what you mean by formats "support"ing eachother. A grid where you have supplied elements and constructs might be more accurately...
Shell, There is a small body of research that has examined among other things: * supplied vs. elicited constructs (effectively the topic you raised) * effect...
Bob Green
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Jan 30, 2004 12:49 pm
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Dear Bob, Thanks for taking the time to answer. I have used both supplied and elicited constructs in 2 separate grids that are looking at the same issue. It is...
Dear Janice, Thanks for answering my email. I agree with you wholeheartedly, I think that the only true grid is a one where elicitation is carried out by the...
Dear Shell, There is an extensive literature on the issue of supplied versus elicited constructs. Your best bet for an initial summary is Fransella, Bell &...
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Feb 2, 2004 4:32 pm
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If all the elements and all the constructs are supplied, what's the difference between that and a standard tick-box questionnaire? Grid was designed to allow...
Valerie Stewart
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... Yes, I know what you mean. I never do grids in which all the elements and constructs have been supplied. For the record, though, the argument for supplied...
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Whenever I'm teaching Grid technique, very early on in the process I write, in large letters, a flip-chart saying IT DEPENDS. This is of course the answer to...
Valerie Stewart
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Hi Valerie, I am using two grids looking at the same issue. A grid with supplied Elements as the team role titles and elicited Constructs from each of the ...
Hi Devi, Thanks for this. I have read such information. I just want to know whether using the two different types of grid used at the same interview session...
Dear colleagues, we are pleased to announce the launch of a new e-journal "Personal Construct Theory & Practice" at the URL http://www.pcp-net.org/journal To...