A statistical aid for the grid administrator

Abstract

In this paper the authors consider the problem of obtaining statistical information about a repertory grid during its elicitation. A measure of cognitive complexity, element intraclass correlation, provides the administrator of the grid with information about the change in the respondent's cognitive complexity as each additional construct is elicited and scored on the element sample. The approach is illustrated with post hoc analyses of 20 grids and shows the benefit of having such information available during the process of elicitation. © 1980, Academic Press Inc. (London) Limited. All rights reserved.