Techniques for secondary analysis: Unfolding analysis of "PICK K/N" and "PICK ANY/N" data

Techniques for secondary analysis: Unfolding analysis of "PICK K/N" and "PICK ANY/N" dat

Taking Advantage of the Circular Structure of Human Values

Schwartz (1992) has shown that Value Domains have a circular structure. The same circular structure has been observed in so many samples all over the world that we may assume that the circular structure is rather universal. Given this structure, the Value systems of individuals can be fruitfully characterized using only one score, which enables us to describe it extremely economically. The Value Circle score we suggest might be independent of response tendencies and cross culturally valid as well. The purpose of this chapter is (a) to show how such a score can be assigned to individuals and (b) to show the advantages and possibilities we have using such a score for analyzing the relation between religiosity and values