Q Methodology

2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4522-4219-4
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, Band 66, 120 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 162 g

Reihe: Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McKeown, Bruce

McKeown, Bruce F.

Thomas, Dan B

Thomas, Dani B.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Forschungsmethoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas, Dani B.
Dan B. Thomas is professor of political science at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, where he teaches courses on American political institutions, behavior, and psychology. His research has appeared in a wide array of social science journals, including American Journal of Political Science, American Politics Quarterly, Journal of Politics, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Journal of Policy Studies, Polity, Instructional Science, and American Journal of Social Psychology, among others. He is also a former editor of Operant Subjectivity: The International Journal of Q Methodology.

McKeown, Bruce F.
Bruce McKeown is a retired professor of political science. His teaching and research interests include American politics and government, political psychology and sociology, and Western political theory and research methods. His research has appeared in Political Psychology, Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Science, Operant Subjectivity, and The Journal of Human Subjectivity, among others. With Dan Thomas, he has conducted research pertaining to American civil religion.

Bruce McKeown is a retired professor of political science. His teaching and research interests have included American politics and government, political psychology and sociology, Western political theory and research methods. His research has appeared in Political Psychology, Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Science, Operant Subjectivity, The Journal of Human Subjectivity, among others. With Dan Thomas he has conducted research pertaining to American civil religion.

Dan B. Thomas is professor of political science at Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa, where he teaches courses on American political institutions, behavior and psychology. His research has appeared in a wide array of social science journals including American Journal of Political Science, American Politics Quarterly, Journal of Politics, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Journal of Policy Studies, Polity, Instructional Science, and American Journal of Social Psychology, among others. He is also a former Editor of Operant Subjectivity: The International Journal of Q Methodology.