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Grid data originated (but is not shown in the paper) from a study by Haritos, Gindinis, Doan and Bell (2004) on element role titles. It was used to demonstrate the effects of construct alignment in Bell (2010, p. 46).

References

Bell, R. C. (2010). A note on aligning constructs. Personal Construct Theory and Practice, 7, 43-48.

Haritos, A., Gindidis, A., Doan, C., & Bell, R. C. (2004). The effect of element role titles on construct structure and content. Journal of constructivist psychology, 17(3), 221-236.

Examples

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#> 
#> META DATA:
#> Number of elements:  10 
#> Number of constructs:  9 
#> Preferred poles defined:  0/9 
#> 
#> SCALE INFO:
#> The grid is rated on a scale from 1 (left pole) to 7 (right pole)
#> 
#> RATINGS:
#>         A teacher you respected - 5 6 - Mother (or the person who fill
#>  person of the opposite sex t - 4 | | 7 - A person of the opposite sex
#>  unhappiest person you know - 3 | | | | 8 - The most confident person 
#> st friend of the same sex - 2 | | | | | | 9 - A person you work well w
#>                    self - 1 | | | | | | | | 10 - A teacher you did not
#>                           | | | | | | | | | |                         
#>            relaxed (.1)   4 4 6 5 3 6 5 2 2 6   (1.) worried & tense  
#> art (academically) (.2)   6 7 6 5 7 4 6 7 4 7   (2.) smart (academical
#>    dislikes sports (.3)   6 3 7 6 4 4 2 3 6 3   (3.) loves sports     
#>    not interactive (.4)   6 7 5 6 6 5 6 7 7 4   (4.) loves people     
#>    not transparent (.5)   6 4 5 7 3 7 6 5 6 3   (5.) transparent      
#>        insensitive (.6)   4 6 5 4 4 6 5 3 4 2   (6.) sensitive        
#>      fearful&timid (.7)   5 4 4 6 5 3 5 6 5 5   (7.) fearless         
#>              rough (.8)   5 6 6 4 5 7 7 3 5 6   (8.) gentle           
#>    accept as it is (.9)   5 5 6 7 4 4 6 7 5 5   (9.) loves to argue   
#> 
#> Poles: (+) = preferred , (-) = non-preferred , (/) = none , (.) = not defined