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Direct, well-organized, and easy to follow, Q Methodology, Second Edition, by Bruce McKeown and Dan B. Thomas, reviews the philosophical foundations of subjective communicability (concourse theory), operant subjectivity, and quantum-theoretical aspects of Q as relevant to the social and behavioral sciences. The authors discuss data-gathering techniques (communication concourses, Q samples, and Q sorting), statistical techniques (correlation and factor analysis and the important calculation of factor scores), and strategies for conducting small person-sample research along Q methodological lines.
Contents
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Authors
Series Editor's Introduction
- Chapter 1. Methodological Principles
- Chapter 2. Communication Concourses, Q Samples, and Conditions of Instruction
- Chapter 3. Person Samples and the Single Case
- Chapter 4. Statistical Analysis
- Chapter 5. A Concluding Subjective-Science Postscript
References
References
Author Index
Author Index
Subject Index
Subject Index
Description
Direct, well-organized, and easy to follow, Q Methodology, Second Edition, by Bruce McKeown and Dan B. Thomas, reviews the philosophical foundations of subjective communicability (concourse theory), operant subjectivity, and quantum-theoretical aspects of Q as relevant to the social and behavioral sciences. The authors discuss data-gathering techniques (communication concourses, Q samples, and Q sorting), statistical techniques (correlation and factor analysis and the important calculation of factor scores), and strategies for conducting small person-sample research along Q methodological lines.
Contents
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Authors
Series Editor's Introduction
- Chapter 1. Methodological Principles
- Chapter 2. Communication Concourses, Q Samples, and Conditions of Instruction
- Chapter 3. Person Samples and the Single Case
- Chapter 4. Statistical Analysis
- Chapter 5. A Concluding Subjective-Science Postscript
References
References
Author Index
Author Index
Subject Index
Subject Index
June 2013 | 120 pages | Sage US
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Direct, well-organized, and easy to follow, Q Methodology, Second Edition, by Bruce McKeown and Dan B. Thomas, reviews the philosophical foundations of subjective communicability (concourse theory), operant subjectivity, and quantum-theoretical aspects of Q as relevant to the social and behavioral sciences. The authors discuss data-gathering techniques (communication concourses, Q samples, and Q sorting), statistical techniques (correlation and factor analysis and the important calculation of factor scores), and strategies for conducting small person-sample research along Q methodological lines.
Table Of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Series Editor's Introduction
- Chapter 1. Methodological Principles
- Chapter 2. Communication Concourses, Q Samples, and Conditions of Instruction
- Chapter 3. Person Samples and the Single Case
- Chapter 4. Statistical Analysis
- Chapter 5. A Concluding Subjective-Science Postscript
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index