num_pages: 88
description: 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.
language: English
title: Q Methodology
titlecomplete: Q Methodology (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences)
ratings_count: 9
publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc