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| Essential reading When using the Repertory Grid Technique, it is advised to read the fundamentals:
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Using SPSS
Repertory Grids can be analysed using procedures that are parts of standard statistical packages such as SPSS. Richard Bell (Melbourne) in an unpublished paper titled 'The Analysis of Repertory Grid Data using SPSS' gives recommendations. It is obtainable for free from him at this site. |
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| There are a number of computer programmes developed
specially for the analysis of repertory grids available that run on
PCs. Some are relatively expensive (around 500 US $), some are
available on a shareware type basis (or free), some are on-line
accessible through the Web.
Most of them offer one or more of the following procedures:
INGRID: "Principal Components Analysis", essentially an Eckart & Young decomposition, construct intercorrelations, inter-element distances. COIN, PREFAN, DELTA: various extensions, e. g. comparison of two grids, joint analysis of several grids etc. There was no graphical output. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| There is one adaptation for WINDOWS: GRIDLAB by Otto Walter: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grid
Lab: Otto
Walter's (Münster) Windows version: This is essentially SLATER's package adapted for PCs and in WINDOWS format. An English language version is available. It costs 300 Euro (appr. 300 US $) for the individual user, and 400 Euro for institutions with unlimited number of copies. The programme is available from the author Otto Walter in Münster, Germany. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other DOS based programmes are probably no more in use as WINDOWS has become the dominating operating system:
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| The only attractive package still in DOS is by Richard Bell: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GRIDSTAT and GRIDSCAL
(with GRIDSTAT replacing the older G-Pack).
The programmes are written in DOS which makes the output "amazingly primitive" as Richard writes (I would prefer "charmingly old-fashioned"). The packages offer several options for every procedure (like factor analysis and cluster analysis) which is attractive for the expert (who then knows what s/he is doing) but may be a bit confusing for the low-profile grid user who is happy to use some kind of standard procedure. GRIDSCAL allows simultaneous processing of several grids. Another advantage: GRIDSTAT and GRIDSCAL are available for free from his site. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WINDOWS based programmes Programmes vary as to the degree the underlying maths is made explicit; some appeal to users who are not interested in the specifics. Some have special prices for use on more than one computer; some offer licences for one year or more. Some have free online versions. Some offer free demo versions with limited capacity. Details are available on the web sites. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| © Jörn Scheer 2010 | Last update 16-Jan-2010 |