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Helpful Hints for using the Repertory Grid Interview
Here we provide hints about a number of aspects of using the Repertory Grid interview in the series of topics listed below.
| Hints in Choosing Elements | Choosing elements is an absolutely fundamental skill for repertory grid practitioners: get it wrong, and the rest of the process will never right itself |
| Repertory Grid is a Conversation | Grid is a structured conversation between two people in which Grid provides the methodology for constructive listening as they both explore an issue of common concern |
| More on Selecting Elements | The three different ways you can derive an element set, with the pros and cons of each approach |
| Grid Gives You Lots of Bites at the Cherry | The Grid interview is not linear, it gives you many different opportunities to probe for information or insights; you don’t have to follow a set formula; you can be flexible |
| Alternative Strategies for Construct Elicitation | A review of how to define a useful construct, as well as alternatives for achieving a good set of constructs |
| On the Range of Convenience of Constructs | Not all elements can be rated on all constructs but for a Grid interview to be useful, all or most of the elements should be able to be rated on all or most of the constructs |
| On the Importance of the Contrast Pole | If you don’t elicit the contrast pole from the interviewee, you are left to infer it - and it could be dead wrong. |
| On Using ‘Ideal’ Elements | ‘Ideal’ elements are a very good way to explore scenarios, ask ‘what if’ questions, and be more specific in your enquiry |
| On Research Design, Purpose, and Analysis | The importance of having a good research design so that you know which analysis method or methods will be the most suitable |
| Back to a Few Basics | A few hints for absolute newcomers to Repertory Grid |
| On Propositional Constructs | One particular piece of jargon is worth exploring - that’s the question of what is meant by the term ‘propositional’ construct |
| Repertory Grid in Recruitment and Selection Interviewing | Nobody can fake a Grid, and so if they feel uncomfortable they retreat into silence or giving you propositional constructs - there’s no place to hide, and you’re into rather speedy self-revelation |
| A Brief Illustration of the Importance of Laddering | Laddering up is the process where you try to get closer to the person’s core values and preferences |
| Visual Inspection of Grids | Assume that not only do you not have a computer now, you never will. You are confined to paper, pencil, scissors, and listening skills. |
| Teaching and Learning Repertory Grid | The processes that happen when someone is learning Grid interviewing are related to administration, analysis, and application |
| The Importance of Pilot Sessions | If you don’t pilot, you could have a furniture van full of data which will not meet the purpose, people leaning on you for the results you’ve promised them, and a general question ‘How do I analyse this?’ which is unanswerable |
| Where's the Beef... | Where in the process a repertory grid interview are you going to find your most useful and insightful information? |
| A New Acronym I Give Unto You... | All computer users will be familiar with the common piece of geek-speak ‘RTMF’ - It is an invitation to read the manual first |
| A Common Mistake and How to Avoid It | A common mistake is to select a set of elements each of which is really one pole of a construct |
Sweet and Simple Techniques
Examples of how to design effective Grid studies that do not depend on computer analysis
| Sweet and Simple #1 | Performance appraisal using a simple, low-tech, cost-effective application of repertory grid - an approach that you can adapt to other applications from the example where appropriate |
| Sweet and Simple #2 | Conflict resolution using a simple, low-tech, cost-effective application of repertory grid |
| Sweet and Simple #3 | The repertory grid interview as part of a process, rather than an end in itself - one more low-tech example of how how that can be achieved using Grid simply and effectively |
Skills for an Effective Repertory Grid Interviewer
| Skills for an Effective Repertory Grid Interviewer | Seven hints designed to help new Grid practitioners in particular teach themselves the skills of Grid interviewing, analysis, and feedback |
| Understanding George Kelly and Personal Construct Theory | The purpose here is to give enough understanding of the background to Grid that you get the most out of what it offers - to give you enough background to be able to plan, understand, and analyse a Grid interview |
| Designing a Session | The purpose of this hint is to give you a wider overview of your choices when designing a Repertory Grid session |
| Learning the Repertory Grid Interview Process | The learning curve or being an effective Grid interviewer is very steep and requires that you practise your first few interviews in a safe place, with a tolerant friend, on non-controversial topics |
| Analysis | At least half the serious problems people experience with Repertory Grid are due to failure to include the method of analysis into the project plan |
| Feedback | In good Grid feedback the principle is for the interviewer to act, as much as possible, as a skilled mirror |
| Reminders, Tips and Wrinkles | A collection of Handy Household Hints |
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