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Q Methodology and Qualitative Research
Abstract
Q methodology combines the strengths of both qualitative and quantitative methods, and its use in research has been facilitated by recent developments in computer software. Q methodology is briefly illustrated in a single-case study of the subjective experience of health care, and the data generated are used to illustrate the QMethod package, a menu-driven freeware program for mainframes and PCs that facilitates Q-sort data entry, correlation and factor analysis, theoretical rotation of factors, and calculation of factor scores. Instructions are provided for obtaining QMethod, for subscribing to a journal devoted to Q methodology, and for joining the Q methodology electronic discussion group.
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- Authors
- Brown, S. R.
- Venue
- Qualitative Health Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1996-11
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 561-567
- ISSN
- 1049-7323 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7557
- OpenAlex
- W2132186017
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- 830
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- FWCI
- 6.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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