Q Methodology (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences)

By Bruce McKeown and Dan Thomas

Book Overview

Q Methodology

defines the distinctive set of psychometric and operational principles which, when combined with specialized statistical applications of correlation and factor-analysis techniques, provide researchers with a systematic and rigorously quantitative means for examining human subjectivity. Based on the premise that subjectivity is communicable and advanced from self-reference, the method′s central concern is to ensure that self-reference is preserved and not compromised or confused by external investigation. The authors outline the appropriate principles, techniques and procedures which advance this goal, including data gathering, statistics, and small-sample behavioral research.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803927533
• ISBN13: 9780803927537
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.3" x 5.5"