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Facet Theory [electronic resource] : Approaches to Social Research / edited by D. Canter.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Springer Series in Social PsychologyPublisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1985Edition: 1st ed. 1985Description: 306 p. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781461250425
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 150 23
LOC classification:
  • BF1-990
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Contents:
1. Editor’s Introduction: The Road to Jerusalem -- Beyond Statistics -- A Special Science -- Cumulative Scales -- A Meeting in Japan -- It Works -- The Hidden College -- Contributing to Practical Action -- I. Concept and Theory of Facets -- 2. An Introduction to the Uses of Facet Theory -- 3. Lawful Roles of Facets in Social Theories -- 4. Nonmetric Multivariate Models for Behavioral Action Systems -- II. Illustrations and Applications of the Facet Approach -- 5. Some Uses of the Facet Approach in Child Development -- 6. The Cylindrex of Place Evaluation -- 7. A Faceted Cross-Cultural Analysis of Some Core Social Values -- 8. On the Multidimensional Structure of Self-Esteem: Facet Analysis of Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale -- 9. Replication of Guttman’s Structure of Intelligence -- 10. Reasons for Slimming and Weight Loss -- III. Methodological Developments -- 11. How to Be a Facet Researcher -- 12. Partial-Order Scalogram Analysis by Base Coordinates and Lattice Mapping of the Items by Their Scalogram Roles -- Author Index.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: This work has the aim of making facet theory, and the approach to research which derives from it, more accessible to behavioral and social scientists than has been possible in the past. In a first section the book gives the background to the theory and associated methods of analysis, illustrating the major components of the ap­ proach in use. A second section then provides detailed examples of the applications of the facet approach in developmental, clinical, and environmental psychology, as well as in studies of attitudes and mental performance. The third section provides some further technical details on recent developments in the facet approach as well as a computer program listing. The facet approach to social and behavioral research can be traced at least to the late 1940s (as discussed by Gratch, 1973) and the logical principles on which it is based have clear roots in Descartes' algebra and Fisher's experimental designs.
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1. Editor’s Introduction: The Road to Jerusalem -- Beyond Statistics -- A Special Science -- Cumulative Scales -- A Meeting in Japan -- It Works -- The Hidden College -- Contributing to Practical Action -- I. Concept and Theory of Facets -- 2. An Introduction to the Uses of Facet Theory -- 3. Lawful Roles of Facets in Social Theories -- 4. Nonmetric Multivariate Models for Behavioral Action Systems -- II. Illustrations and Applications of the Facet Approach -- 5. Some Uses of the Facet Approach in Child Development -- 6. The Cylindrex of Place Evaluation -- 7. A Faceted Cross-Cultural Analysis of Some Core Social Values -- 8. On the Multidimensional Structure of Self-Esteem: Facet Analysis of Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale -- 9. Replication of Guttman’s Structure of Intelligence -- 10. Reasons for Slimming and Weight Loss -- III. Methodological Developments -- 11. How to Be a Facet Researcher -- 12. Partial-Order Scalogram Analysis by Base Coordinates and Lattice Mapping of the Items by Their Scalogram Roles -- Author Index.

This work has the aim of making facet theory, and the approach to research which derives from it, more accessible to behavioral and social scientists than has been possible in the past. In a first section the book gives the background to the theory and associated methods of analysis, illustrating the major components of the ap­ proach in use. A second section then provides detailed examples of the applications of the facet approach in developmental, clinical, and environmental psychology, as well as in studies of attitudes and mental performance. The third section provides some further technical details on recent developments in the facet approach as well as a computer program listing. The facet approach to social and behavioral research can be traced at least to the late 1940s (as discussed by Gratch, 1973) and the logical principles on which it is based have clear roots in Descartes' algebra and Fisher's experimental designs.

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