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OverviewDirect, 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bruce F. McKeown , Dani B. ThomasPublisher: SAGE Publications Inc Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc Edition: 2nd Revised edition Volume: 66 Dimensions: Width: 13.90cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.160kg ISBN: 9781452242194ISBN 10: 1452242194 Pages: 120 Publication Date: 09 July 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface 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 IndexReviewsAuthor InformationBruce 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. 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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