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Computer programmes for the analysis of Repertory Grids
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Essential reading
When using the Repertory Grid Technique, it
is advised to read the fundamentals:
- Fransella
F, Bell, R, Bannister D (2003). A manual for repertory grid technique.
2nd ed. Chichester: Wiley.
- Jankowicz,
A D (2003) The Easy Guide to
Repertory Grids.
Chichester: Wiley.
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Using SPSS
Repertory Grids can be analysed using
procedures that
are parts of standard statistical packages such as SPSS. Richard Bell
(Melbourne) in an unpublished paper titled "The
Analysis of Repertory Grid Data using SPSS" gives recommendations. It can be downloaded here.
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Specific programmes
There are a
number of computer programmes developed
specially for the analysis of repertory grids available that run on
PCs. Some are free, some are relatively expensive (up to around 600 US $ for individuals), some are accessible on-line. Most of them
offer one or more of the following procedures:
- a number of
indices characterising grids
- properties of
single constructs or elements
- relationships
between single constructs (e.g. as
correlations) or elements (e.g. as distances)
- structural
relationships between constructs or elements
(factor analysis, principal component analysis or correspondence
analysis, cluster analysis, formal concept analysis)
- structural
relationships between constructs and
elements (e.g. single value decomposition after Eckart and Young)
The
pioneering work was done by the late Patrick Slater in the
Sixties. It worked on mainframe computers and was DOS-based. There was no
graphical output. It
consisted of:
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INGRID:
"Principal Components Analysis", essentially an Eckart &
Young decomposition, construct intercorrelations, inter-element
distances.
- COIN,
PREFAN, DELTA: various extensions, e. g. comparison of two grids,
joint analysis of several grids etc.
Some DOS based programmes are probably no more in
use as WINDOWS has become the dominating operating system:
- FLEXIGRID,
by Finn
Tschudi
- OMNIGRID, by Jack
Adams-Webber and Kenneth Sewell .
- CIRCUMGRIDS,
by William Chambers
- GRIDSTAT and
GRIDSCAL, by Richard Bell
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WINDOWS
based programmes
Programmes
vary as to the degree the underlying maths is made explicit;
some appeal to users who are not interested in the specifics.
Some
have special prices for use on more than one computer; some
offer
licences for one year or more. Some have free online versions. Some
offer free demo versions with limited capacity. Details are available
on the web sites.
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Authors
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Info |
Version
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Price
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Rep Plus
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Mildred
Shaw &
Brian Gaines |
Info |
1.1
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free
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| Idiogrid |
James Grice |
Info |
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free, $ 20/105 welcome |
| OpenRepGrid |
Mark Heckmann |
Info |
Version: v.0.1.9 |
free and open source |
| GRIDCOR |
Guillem Feixas & Josi Manuel Cornejo |
Info |
v. 4.0, Correspondence Analysis,
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50x: 50 €, unlimited: 150 €
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| GridSuite |
Martin Fromm & Andreas Bacher |
Info |
4.09, also for Mac |
for usage in research and education:
1 year: 98€, unlimited: 580 € |
rep:grid
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Matthias Rosenberger
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Info
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free
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