Research Interests: -Developing a systemic approach as a meta-theory for the study of behavioral action systems; developing facet theory and multiple scaling for measurement as a structural theory. -Application of facet theory and the systemic approach to the study of: -Quality of life (theory, indicators and a basis for motivation theory and decision making) The systemic Quality of life - bibliography list -Distributive Justice (theory and models for the just allocation of social and economic resources) - Artificial and human intelligence; Creativity and creative problem solving (theory, test construction and assessment) - Investigative Psychology and offender profiling (associating crime scenes and offenders' profiles and developing computer aided procedures) - Other domains (incl. Educational Evaluation; Project assessments; Organizations)
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Facet Theory: A Strategy for Scientific Theory Building PART ONE: FACET DESIGN: THE SHAPING OF RESEARCH CONTENTS Mappings and Assignments Range Facet An Image of Reality Formalization of Research Content Design Domain Facets Definitions and Hypotheses The Mapping Sentence PART TWO: INTRINSIC DATA ANALYSIS: THE STRAIGHT WAY TO HANDLE MULTIVARIATE DATA Behavioral Theories Picturing Concepts by Faceted SSA Behavioral Measurement Multiple Scaling by POSAC/LSA