Health Sciences 2801A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Repertory Grid, Cluster Analysis, City Block
10 Nov 2017
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Repertory grid: personal constructs (idea), elements, triadic method, city block distances, cluster analysis, nearest neighbour distance, farthest neighbor distance. Intro: greek philosopher heraclitus is known for the principle that the world is constantly changing. In a changing world, necessary to m1aintain a sense of order and continuity. Repertory grid: kelly (1955) people understand the world using a system of personal constructs, personal constructs are bipolar scales, such as (cid:838)healthy vs. City block distance: measure of the similarity of two elements, smaller distance is a sign that elements are more alike, equal to the sum of the absolute differences in ratings. Cluster analysis: basic principle of human perception is that similar objects are perceived as a unit, procedure that can be used to form groups of similar elements in repertory grid. Begin by assuming each element is a separate group (i. e. 1 number is a group: 2.
