Methoden vergleichen

	Repertory-Grid-Technik	Leitfaden-qualitative Interviews
Fachgebiet	Psychologie	Qualitativ
Familie	Hypothesis test	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	1955	1946 (Merton & Kendall); codified as a standard method through the 1980s–1990s
Urheber	George Kelly	Robert K. Merton and Patricia Kendall (focused interview, 1946); further systematised by Steinar Kvale
Typ	Qualitative-quantitative hybrid	Qualitative research method
Wegweisende Quelle	Kelly, G. A. (1955). The psychology of personal constructs. Norton.	Kvale, S., & Brinkmann, S. (2009). InterViews: Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research Interviewing (2nd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-0761925422
Aliasnamen	Rep Grid, Repertory Grid Test, Kelly Grid	guided interview, semi-standardized interview, focused interview, SSI
Verwandt	1	6
Zusammenfassung	The Repertory Grid is a qualitative-quantitative method derived from Personal Construct Theory that elicits how individuals construe (interpret and evaluate) a domain of interest—people, concepts, events, or objects—through their own idiosyncratic dimensions or 'constructs.' Introduced by George Kelly in 1955, the method generates a grid of elements (e.g., people) rated along personally meaningful bipolar constructs, revealing cognitive structures, values, and reasoning patterns without imposing researcher-defined categories.	The semi-structured interview is a qualitative data-collection method in which the researcher prepares a set of key questions or topic areas in advance but remains free to probe, follow up, and reorder as the conversation evolves. Unlike structured interviews — which fix every question and sequence — or unstructured interviews — which are entirely open — the semi-structured format balances comparability across participants with the flexibility needed to capture the depth and nuance of individual perspectives. It is the most widely used interview format in social science, health, and education research.