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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 
#> 
#> SCALE INFO:
#> The grid is rated on a scale from 1 (left pole) to 7 (right pole)
#> 
#> 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)             
#>