Applying Facet Theory to Studies of Japanese Society : Verification of laws of human behavior

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This Paper is an attempt to summarize and develop Facet Theory and related data analysis methodology. Needless to say, however, theories and methodologies cannot exist if they are isolated from reality. Rather, we can say that it is deep, keen insight that makes it possible to develop effective theories and methodologies. Researchers of Facet Theory are no exception in that they have to start with the confirmation of each theory and methodology. Now, what "reality" implies for me here is Japanese society that provides the backdrop to my own life. In this paper I attempt to review Facet Theory, then I organize the findings of my empirical research by applying the Facet Theory to various aspects of Japanese society. Those findings are classified as follows: 1.The Laws of Polytone Regression: The principal components, namely intensity, closure and involvement have polytone relations to the attitude. An example: A Study of Foreign Students' Attitudes toward Japan(1983) 2. The First Law (Monotonicity: the "sign" of correlation): If any two items are selected from the universe of attitude (closure, involvement , norm, intelligence) items, and if the population observed is not selected artificially, then the population regressions between those two items will be monotone and with positive or zero sign. An example: Political Involvement and Political Information(1983) 3. The second Laws (Monotonicity: the "size" of correlation): Theories of size of correlation that have proved to be successful are of a variety that is called regional. Each facet of the domain of the variables corresponds to a partitioning of the SSA space into as many regions as there are elements to the facet. Three major kinds of partitions are: axial, polar and modular. 1) An example of AXIAL: Political Involvement and Political Information (1983) 2) An example of MODULAR: The Structure of Conservative Attitude (1981) 3) An example of POLAR: A Survey of Attitude toward Advertisements (1981) I have developed further the methods I acquired and made them my own, applying them to the analysis of wide range of Japanese social phenomena. This paper is the result of such efforts.
関西学院大学の論文
2003-10-28

Applying Facet Theory to Studies of Japanese Society : Verification of laws of human behavior

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