Human ecology
Statistics

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Q methodology

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A quantitative measure of subjective data. Invented by the physicist and psychologist William Stephenson in the 1930s, it has similarities to factor analysis.

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People:

• Steven R. Brown
• John S. Dryzek
• William Stephenson

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Links at this site...

• Critical theory and Q methodology
• Divergent thinking and Q methodology

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Links at other sites...

• WebQ Q sorting over the web.

• Q-Methodology Archive - UW-Whitewater
  • History of Q Methodology
  • Q-Methodology Primer I
  • Q Methodology as the Foundation for a Science of Subjectivity

• QMethod Page. QMethod is a computer program for performing the factor analysis and rotations used in Q methodology.
  • Q Study Archive

• Google Search: operant subjectivity
• Google Search: Q-methodology

• Academic Homepage - James Ernest
• Convergence | the journal of research into new media technologies
• Social Science Postgraduate Profiles - Part One
• q-research discussion list

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Created 19/3/00
Last modified 27/9/00