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AN EVALUATION OF ELICITATION PROCEDURES FOR PERSONAL CONSTRUCTS
Author(s) -
EPTING FRANZ R.,
SUCHMAN DAVID I.,
NICKESON CARL J.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1971.tb02066.x
Subject(s) - psychology , repertory grid , significant difference , social psychology , statistics , mathematics
The opposite method (OM) and the difference method (DM) for eliciting personal constructs were evaluated with regard to the number of bipolar constructs produced. This evaluation is an investigation of how the constructs were used in a grid procedure and how they were reported in a structured interview. Comparing the two methods, using the grid procedure, the OM produced a greater number of bipolar constructs. Responses to the interview were incomplete. Explanations for this observed difference between methods are proposed.