The grid data set is used in Bell's technical report "Using SPSS to Analyse Repertory Grid Data" (1997, p. 6). Originally, the data comes from a study by Bell and McGorry (1992).
References
Bell, R. C. (1977). Using SPSS to Analyse Repertory Grid Data. Technical Report, University of Melbourne.
Bell, R. C., & McGorry, P. (1992). The analysis of repertory grids used to monitor the perceptions of recovering psychotic patients. In A. Thomson & P. Cummins (Eds.), European Perspectives in Personal Construct Psychology (p. 137-150). Lincoln, UK: European Personal Construct Association.
Examples
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#> META DATA:
#> Number of constructs: 14
#> Number of elements: 14
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#> SCALE INFO:
#> The grid is rated on a scale from 1 (left pole) to 7 (right pole)
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#> RATINGS:
#> person with diabetes - 7 8 - person with cancer
#> AIDS patient - 6 | | 9 - person under stress
#> average person - 5 | | | | 10 - myself as I usually am
#> convicted criminal - 4 | | | | | | 11 - myself as I am now
#> psychiatric patient - 3 | | | | | | | | 12 - myself as I will be
#> n with schizophrenia - 2 | | | | | | | | | | 13 - myself as the staf
#> manic depressive i - 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 - my ideal self
#> | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
#> good (1) 3 5 3 7 4 2 1 1 7 1 1 1 2 1 (1)
#> dependable (2) 4 5 4 7 3 3 1 2 7 2 1 1 3 1 (2)
#> safe (3) 6 7 4 7 3 7 1 2 6 1 1 1 2 1 (3)
#> clearheaded (4) 7 7 4 7 2 7 2 4 7 1 1 1 2 1 (4)
#> stable (5) 7 7 5 7 2 7 1 4 7 2 2 1 3 1 (5)
#> predictable (6) 7 7 5 7 6 5 4 4 7 7 7 3 7 7 (6)
#> intelligent (7) 4 5 4 7 2 1 2 2 7 1 1 1 2 1 (7)
#> free (8) 7 7 5 7 1 7 1 1 1 1 7 1 7 1 (8)
#> healthy (9) 6 7 4 7 1 7 7 7 7 1 4 1 4 1 (9)
#> honest (10) 5 5 4 7 1 1 3 4 4 1 1 1 3 1 (10)
#> rational (11) 5 7 5 6 1 2 2 4 5 1 1 1 3 1 (11)
#> independent (12) 5 6 5 7 1 5 3 4 5 1 1 1 2 1 (12)
#> calm (13) 6 5 5 7 2 7 3 4 7 1 1 1 1 1 (13)
#> understood (14) 6 7 6 7 1 7 3 4 7 3 7 1 7 1 (14)
#>