Facet Theory

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Editor’s Introduction: The Road to Jerusalem

   1. Editor’s Introduction: The Road to Jerusalem

      • David Canter

      Pages 1-13

3. Concept and Theory of Facets

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. An Introduction to the Uses of Facet Theory

      • Jennifer Brown

      Pages 17-57

   3. Lawful Roles of Facets in Social Theories

      • Shlomit Levy

      Pages 59-96

   4. Nonmetric Multivariate Models for Behavioral Action Systems

      • Samuel Shye

      Pages 97-148

4. Illustrations and Applications of the Facet Approach

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149

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   2. Some Uses of the Facet Approach in Child Development

      • Sydney Hans, Victor Bernstein, Joseph Marcus

      Pages 151-172

   3. The Cylindrex of Place Evaluation

      • Ian Donald

      Pages 173-204

   4. A Faceted Cross-Cultural Analysis of Some Core Social Values

      • Shlomit Levy, Louis Guttman

      Pages 205-221

   5. On the Multidimensional Structure of Self-Esteem: Facet Analysis of Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale

      • L. Suzanne Dancer

      Pages 223-236

   6. Replication of Guttman’s Structure of Intelligence

      • Tobey Koop

      Pages 237-244

   7. Reasons for Slimming and Weight Loss

      • Gillian Gough

      Pages 245-259

5. Methodological Developments

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 261-263

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   2. How to Be a Facet Researcher

      • David Canter

      Pages 265-275

   3. Partial-Order Scalogram Analysis by Base Coordinates and Lattice Mapping of the Items by Their Scalogram Roles

      • Samuel Shye, Reuven Amar

      Pages 277-298

6. Back Matter

   Pages 299-306

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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.

• Evaluation
• Factor analysis
• correlation
• data analysis
• psychology
• statistics

• Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK

  David Canter

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