SORTO: Factor Analyzing Q Sorts of Kelly's Personal Construct Productions

A procedure for evaluating personality is described. Conventional and transposed factor analyses are made from Q sort data describing the important people in the subject's life in terms of his own constructs (á la Kelly) as variables. The scoring procedure produces construct-factors and people-...

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Published in:Journal of personality assessment 1973-02, Vol.37 (1), p.69-77
Main Author: Guertin, Wilson H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computers
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Family
Female
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Judgment
Male
Personality
Personality Assessment
Punched-Card Systems
Self Concept
Social Perception
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Summary:A procedure for evaluating personality is described. Conventional and transposed factor analyses are made from Q sort data describing the important people in the subject's life in terms of his own constructs (á la Kelly) as variables. The scoring procedure produces construct-factors and people-factors. Sorts from a subject illustrate the method. Cross-cultural applications are possible since the translation of personal constructs is not essential. Simulation of relationships to others, SORTO, combines Kelly's (1955) personal constructs with Stephenson's (1953) Q sort procedure. A large amount of personal data is factor analyzed by the computer to reveal the main idiosyncratic features of a subject's perceptions of his relationships to others. Maximum output from the analysis occurs when the nature of personal constructs employed is supplied as input to the analysis.
ISSN:0022-3891
1532-7752
DOI:10.1080/00223891.1973.10119831