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. INDICE: PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsSeries Editor's IntroductionChapter 1. Methodological PrinciplesChapter 2. Communication Concourses, Q Samples, and Conditions of InstructionChapter 3. Person Samples and the Single CaseChapter 4. Statistical AnalysisChapter 5. A Concluding Subjective-Science PostscriptReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index
- ISBN: 978-1-4522-4219-4
- Editorial: SAGE Publications, Inc
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 120
- Fecha Publicación: 09/07/2013
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
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