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CALL FOR PAPERS
12th International Facet Theory Conference
June 21-24, 2009, Jerusalem, ISRAEL
New horizons in theory construction and data analysis: Facet Theory (FT), Multidimensional Scaling (MDS), SSA, POSAC and related approaches
Organized by the
FACET THEORY ASSOCIATION, and BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY
You are kindly invited to attend the 12th International Facet Theory Conference, to take place in Jerusalem from the 21st to the 24th of June, 2009. A course of introduction to FT will be on the first day.
Facet Theory is a systematic approach for coordinating theory and research. FT comprises the universe of observations, the population of respondents, and the range of observations. It stratifies these universes by facets and integrates the design by means of a mapping sentence which guides the construction of items and the formulation of hypotheses. Finally, particular multivariate data analysis methods (such as SSA, POSAC, MSA) have been developed to test these hypotheses. Facet Theory has been successfully applied to a large number of research areas where it has significantly contributed to the discovery and refinement of empirical laws.
The Aims of the Conference:
· To present theoratical advances in Facet Theory, Mutidimentional Scaling (MDS) and related approaches
· To review recent and innovative applications in diverse fields and to illustrate their contribution to cumulative science.
· To demonstrate methodological advances in multivariate analysis, Similarity Structure Analysis (SSA), and comparisons with other methodologies.
Deadline for Abstract submission is November 30, 2008.
For further information see www.facet-theory.org
or contact:
Dov Elizur Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Graduate School of Business
Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Tel. 972 2 5342506, Fax 972 077 704 1072
e-mail: elizurd@bezeqint.net