What is Facet Theory?
Facet Theory was developed in Israel by the late Louis Guttman, an American-born social psychologist who was founder of the Israel Institute of Applied Social Research and a professor at Cornell University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, as a systematic approach for coordinating theory and research
Facet Theory techniques and concepts have been valuable in many areas of behavioral and social science, bringing new insights to the fields of work and organizations, marketing, education, health, psychology, psychiatry, medicine, communications, architecture and biology, to name only a few.
On August 6, 2007-August 11, 2007, The Facet Theory Association (FTA) will hold its 11th Biennial International Conference at Temple University. An international scholarly society, this conference is the first to be held by FTA in the United States. Previous conferences have been in Europe or in Israel, where the association was founded.
Among the conference highlights:
-
August 7, 1 p.m. – Keynote address by Rutgers University Board of Governors
Professor of Management and Psychology J. Douglas Carroll, “Multidimensional
Scaling and its Extensions: Applications to Perceptual, Preferential Choice, and other Behavioral Science Data.” -
August 7, 3 p.m. – World renowned statistician Dr. Joseph B. Kruskal, a leader in multidimensional scaling among other accomplishments, will receive FTA’s inaugural Louis Guttman Distinguished Lifetime Contribution Award.
-
August 7, 4 p.m. – A session reflecting on the legacy and contributions of Louis Guttman, the originator of Facet Theory, Guttman scale and other methodologies. Guttman’s family will participate in this session.
A workshop on Facet Theory will be offered by Dr. Arie Cohen, demonstrating the major computer program in this field with hands-on experience using participants’ own data, if they wish.
Out of the 30 presentations, 15 will be made by Israeli scholars, alone or with collaboration with scholars from other countries. Other scholars come from the US, Brazil, Italy, Australia, Hong Kong, Hungry.
# # #
