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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 elements:  14 
#> Number of constructs:  14 
#> Preferred poles defined:  0/14 
#> 
#> 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 in si
#> person with schizophrenia - 2 | | | | | | | | | | 13 - myself as the staff see
#> with 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.)                 
#> 
#> Poles: (+) = preferred , (-) = non-preferred , (/) = none , (.) = not defined