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Problems of Repertory Grid Analysis and a Cluster Analysis Solution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Peter Goodge
Peter Goodge*
Affiliation:
Computer Evaluation Team, City General Hospital, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
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Summary

Statistical and requirement difficulties encountered with existing methods of Repertory Grid Analysis are considered. A simple purpose-built method of Cluster Analysis is outlined, and its extension to the difficult problem of comparative analysis described.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 134 , Issue 5 , May 1979 , pp. 516 - 521
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1979 

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