One alternative which would likely be appropriate for the analysis of
site grids would be HICLAS (hierarchical classification analysis),
which is a method to analyze martices with binary (dichotomous,
bipolar) scores, or scores which can be reduced to bipolar form. It
is essentially a hierrchicl cluster analysis based upon set theory
rather than upon a correlation matrix. Developed by Paul de Boeck at
University of Leuven in Belgium and Seymour Rosenberg, Department of
Psychology, Rutgetrs University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. I
have at hand only the address of the latter (as indicated).
RLC
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> From: Adrian Fox <foxy@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
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> Hello Again and Happy Easter to You All
> Thanks to those of you that took interest in my last question
> regarding the Rep Test Tools.
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> Sits Grids
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> Resources | | | | |
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> Situations
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>
> Situations - Fransella & Bannister (1977) explain these should
> essentially be characterised as stressful.
> Not unlike the Critical Incident Technique (Flanagan 1954)
> in identifying memories of significant situations.
> (My observation)
> Resources - Kelly (1955) identified 3 classes of Resources
> Physical, Social and Personal. Basically covering
> any aspect that individuals may depend upon
> in significant situations.
>
>
> A similar RCRT framework is applied to develop these grids.
> The general format is to elicit resources as the emergent construct
> based on a set of significant situations.
>
> Question 1:
> Chiari's (1990) extensive bibliography of Personal Construct Psychology
> and Psychotherapy lists only a hand full of references to what Fransella &
> Bannister (1977) describe as this "... little used but potentially
> valuable type of grid".
> The best descriptive examples I have found are Edwards (1988) study
> of nursery school children and Davis (1985) study with nurses.
>
> Is anybody else using these types of grids?
> I would appreciate any assistance in being referred to other studies
> reporting on the use of Sits/Dependency grids.
>
> Question 2:
> Hinkle (1965) suggests (taken from Fransella and Bannister 1977)
> that a Sits Grid can be "... turned on its ear by asking the question
> 'Who turns to you for help, or leans on you in what sorts of situations?'"
> Hinkle is refering to Social Resources ..... but it may be applied to
> all other resources aswell, to discover the situations in which a subject
> uses identified resources.
>
> Does anybody know of studies demonstrating this?
> If anybody knows of the existence of Hinkle's (1965) PhD in Australia ...
> Please let me know aswell.
>
> Question 3:
> Does anybody know of software to support the specific use of Sits grids?
>
>
>
> I have questions relating to the analysis and interpretations of these
> types of grids ...... but I will await any response on what i have
> asked so far.
>
> (If this discussion is not of general interest ... possibly, it may be
> more appropriate for me to speak directly with those researchers
> specifically interested in Sits Grids etc. I will await further
> direction.)
>
>
>
> Regards and best wishes for a safe and happy Easter,
>
> Adrian Fox (PhD Student)
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