CHDS 50093 (CRN 12485), CHDS 70093 (CRN 12486)
Summer Intersession (May 19-23, 2008)
9:00-4:00 M-F, 301 Bowman Hall
Q Methodology in Assessment and Research
Steven R. Brown
302 Bowman (office 29), 672-2719, <
[email protected]>
The purpose of this seminar is to introduce statistical and methodological principles associated
with the use of Q method in the study of subjectivity—with primary emphasis on its applicability
to problems of public policy—and to locate Q methodology within the framework of contemporary science. Q methodology evolved from factor-analytic theory in the 1930s, and since that
time has been applied in the systematic study of a wide range of subject matters in psychology,
political science, communication, the health sciences, education, and the behavioral and human
sciences more generally, and increasingly in the policy field. Attention will focus initially on
historical and methodological developments, with special emphasis on factor-analytic and epistemological foundations, and on the fundamental importance of subjectivity in all human action.
Subsequently, the seminar will move to applications in substantive areas of particular interest to
participants. Time and other resources permitting, actual studies will be undertaken, individually
or collectively.
Students with Disabilities
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to ensure their equal access to course content. If you have a documented disability and require accommodations,
please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester to make arrangements for necessary classroom adjustments. Please note, you must first verify your eligibility for these through Student Accessibility Services (contact
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Texts
Brown, S.R. (1980). Political subjectivity: Applications of Q methodology in political science.
New Haven: Yale University Press. (Available electronically)
McKeown, B.F. & Thomas, D.B. (1988). Q methodology (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences series, Vol. 66). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
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Resources
Q methodology website: http://www.qmethod.org
Q methodology e-mail discussion list: Send the command “subscribe Q-Method <your name>”
(without quotations or brackets) to
[email protected]
QMethod (computer freeware): http://www.rz.unibw-muenchen.de/~p41bsmk/qmethod/
PCQ (computer software): http://www.pcqsoft.com/
Stricklin, M. (1987). Some thoughts on completing computer programs for Q technique. Operant Subjectivity,
10, 136-139.
QArchive website: http://www.uww.edu/personal/fac/cottlec/QArchive/qindex.htm
Journals:
Operant Subjectivity, quarterly journal of the International Society for the Scientific Study of
Subjectivity; contact Mark Popovich <
[email protected]>, ISSSS Treasurer: $30
ISSSS membership, journal included; $10 students.
Q-Methodology and Theory, annual Korean-language journal of the Korean Society for the
Scientific Study of Subjectivity.
Journal of Human Subjectivity, semi-annual English-language journal published by the Korean Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity; produced and distributed by Communication Books, Seoul. $50/year.
Stephenson, W. (1988). Dr. William Stephenson interview [8 hours]. Videocassette: Kent State
University Audio-Visual Services (in four cassettes, numbered 50-3842, 50-3843, 50-3844,
50-3845).
Brown, S.R. (1996). Workshop on Q methodology [3 hours]. Available via streaming at Q methodology website.
Brown, S.R. (1980). Political subjectivity: Applications of Q methodology in political science.
New Haven: Yale University Press. Available on Electronic Reserves <http://reserves. library.kent.edu/courseindex.asp>. (Under “Select an Instructor,” select BROWN, STEVEN,
then click on POL REFERENCE.)
24th annual meeting, International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity, October 2-4,
2008, Hamilton Convention Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Bibliographies:
Brown, S.R. (1968). Bibliography on Q technique and its methodology. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 26, 587-613.
Brown, S.R. (1977). Q bibliographic update: A continuation of "Bibliography on Q Technique and Its Methodology." Operant Subjectivity, 1, 17-26 (continued in subsequent issues).
http://www.qmethod.org (searchable bibliography).
Methodological Topics
History and Principles
Brown, S.R. (1972). A fundamental incommensurability between objectivity and subjectivity.
In S.R. Brown & D.J. Brenner (Eds.), Science, psychology, and communication (pp. 57-94) .
New York: Teachers College Press.
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Brown, S.R. (1980). Political subjectivity: Applications of Q methodology in political science.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. (Chap 2)
Brown, S.R. (1993). A primer on Q methodology. Operant Subjectivity, 16, 91-138. (Cf. Q methodological tutorial. QArchive: http://facstaff.uww.edu/cottlec/QArchive/qindex.htm)
Brown, S.R. (1994-1995). Q methodology as the foundation for a science of subjectivity. Operant Subjectivity, 18, 1-16. (QArchive: http://facstaff.uww.edu/cottlec/QArchive/qindex.
htm)
Brown, S.R. (1997). The history and principles of Q methodology in psychology and the social
sciences. British Psychological Society symposium on “A Quest for a Science of Subjectivity: The Lifework of William Stephenson,” University of London; and conference on “A Celebration of the Life and Work of William Stephenson (1902-1989),” University of Durham,
England. (QArchive: http://facstaff.uww.edu/cottlec/QArchive/qindex.htm)
Brown, S.R. (1998). Subjective science: Normal and abnormal (continued). Operant Subjectivity, 21, 92-111.
Brown, S.R. (2002). Subjective behavior analysis. Operant Subjectivity, 25, 148-163.
Brown, S.R. (2005). What’s past is prologue. In D. Iliescu (Ed.), “Special Issue on Q Methodology,” Psihologia Resurselor Umane [Human Resources Psychology, Romanian], 3(1), 912 (Romanian translation 6-8).
Brown, S.R. (2006). Q methodology and naturalistic subjectivity. In B. Midgley & E. Morris
(Eds.), Modern perspectives on J.R. Kantor and interbehaviorism (pp. 251-268). Reno, NV:
Context Press.
Brown, S.R. (2005). The science of subjectivity: Methodology, identity, and deep structures. Q
Methodology and Theory, 11, 5-31.
Hurd, R., & Brown, S.R. (2005). The future of the Q methodology movement. Operant Subjectivity, 28, 58-75.
Stephenson, W.(1935). Technique of factor analysis. Nature, 136, 297. (Reprinted in Brown,
Political subjectivity, pp. 9-10.)
Stephenson, W. (1935). Correlating persons instead of tests. Character and Personality, 4,
17-24.
Stephenson, W. (1936). The foundations of psychometry: Four factor systems. Psychometrika,
1, 195-209.
Stephenson, W. (1936). A new application of correlation to averages. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 6, 43-57.
Stephenson, W. (1936). Introduction to inverted factor analysis, with some applications to studies in orexis. Journal of Educational Psychology, 27, 353-367.
Stephenson, W. (1953). The study of behavior: Q-technique and its methodology. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press. (Chaps 1, 3, 5)
Stephenson, W. (1967). The play theory of mass communication. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (Chap 2)
Thorsen, A.A. (2006). A pathway to understanding Q-methodology. Journal of Human Subjectivity, 4(2), 33-53.
Consciring and Concourse Theory
Stephenson, W. (1978). Concourse theory of communication. Communication, 3, 21-40.
Stephenson, W. (1980). Consciring: A general theory for subjective communicability. In D.
Nimmo (Ed.), Communication yearbook 4 (pp. 7-36). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction.
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Stephenson, W. (1986). Protoconcursus: The concourse theory of communication. Operant
Subjectivity, 9, 37-58, 73-96.
Representativeness and Q-sample (and P-set) Structure
Brown, S.R. (1970). On the use of variance designs in Q methodology. Psychological Record,
20, 179-189.
Brown, S.R. (1980). Political subjectivity. Pp. 186-194.
Brown, S.R. & Ungs, T.D. (1970). Representativeness and the study of political behavior: An
application of Q technique to reactions to the Kent State incident. Social Science Quarterly,
51, 514-526.
Kinsey, D. & Kelly, T.C. (1989). Mixing methodologies: An aid in developing Q samples.
Operant Subjectivity, 12, 98-102.
Stephenson, W. (1953). The study of behavior. Chap 4.
Stephenson, W. (1993-94). Introduction to Q-methodology. Operant Subjectivity, 17, 1-13.
Propositional Sets, Conditions
of Instruction, and Q Sorting
Bolland, J.M. (1985). The search for structure: An alternative to the forced Q-sort technique.
Political Methodology, 11, 91-107. (Cf. Comment by S.R. Brown and response by Bolland.)
Brown, S.R. (1980). Political subjectivity. Pp. 194-203.
Brown, S.R. (1993-94). The structure and form of subjectivity in political theory and behavior.
Operant Subjectivity, 17, 30-48.
Stephenson, W. (1953). The study of behavior. Chap 2.
Stephenson, W. (1963). Independency and operationism in Q-sorting. Psychological Record,
13, 269-272.
Van Tubergen, G.N. & Olins, R.A. (1979). Mail vs personal interview administration for Q
sorts: A comparative study. Operant Subjectivity, 2, 51-59.
Correlation
Brown, S.R. (1980). Political subjectivity. Pp. 204-207.
Cohen, J. (1957). An aid in the computation of correlations based on Q sorts. Psychological
Bulletin, 54, 138-139.
Factor Analysis
Brown, S.R. (1980). Political subjectivity. Pp. 208-224.
Brown, S.R. (2006). A match made in heaven: A marginalized methodology for studying the
marginalized. Quality & Quantity, 40, 361-382.
Expositor (1992). A note on measuring changes in Q factor loadings. Operant Subjectivity, 15,
56-61.
Stephenson, W. (1953). The study of behavior. Chap 2.
Stephenson, W. (1977). Factors as operant subjectivity. Operant Subjectivity, 1, 3-16.
Stephenson, W. (1980). Factor analysis. Operant Subjectivity, 3, 38-57.
Stephenson, W. (1990). Fifty years of exclusionary psychometrics: I. Q technique. Operant
Subjectivity, 13, 105-120.
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Stephenson, W. (1990). Fifty years of exclusionary psychometrics: II. Developments. Operant
Subjectivity, 13, 141-162.
Factor Rotation
Brown, S.R. (1980). Political subjectivity. Pp. 224-239.
Brown, S.R., & Robyn, R. (2004). Reserving a key place for reality: Philosophical foundations
of theoretical rotation. Operant Subjectivity, 27, 104-124.
Creaser, J.W. (1978). The factor-wheel method of rotation for Q-technique research. Operant
Subjectivity, 1, 70-77.
D'Agostino, B. (1984). Replicability of results with theoretical rotation. Operant Subjectivity, 7,
81-87. (Cf. Stephenson's response.)
Kramer, B., & Gravina, V. (2004). Theoretical rotation as a tool for identifying points of leverage in people’s perspectives for program improvement. Operant Subjectivity, 27, 125-144.
Stricklin, M. (2005). Eight quantum realities redux: Finding David Bohm. Operant Subjectivity,
28, 145-166.
Thompson, J.W. (1962). Meaningful and unmeaningful rotation of factors. Psychological Bulletin, 59, 211-223.
Factor Scores
Brown, S.R. (1980). Political subjectivity. Pp. 239-247.
Creaser, J.W. (1955). An aid in calculating Q-sort factor arrays. Journal of Clinical Psychology,
11, 195-196.
Stephenson, W. (1978). A note on estimating standard errors of factor scores in Q method.
Operant Subjectivity, 1, 29-37.
Interpretation
Brown, S.R. (1980). Political subjectivity. Pp. 247-258.
Brown, S.R. (1999). On the taking of averages: Variance and factor analyses compared. Operant Subjectivity, 22, 31-37.
Goldman, I. (1999). Q methodology as process and context in interpretivism, communication,
and psychoanalytic psychotherapy research. Psychological Record, 49, 589-604.
McKeown, B.F. (1998). Circles: Q methodology and hermeneutical science. Operant Subjectivity, 21, 112-138.
Stephenson, W. (1962). A note on the methodology of clinical explanation. Psychological
Record, 12, 101-103.
Stephenson, W. (1983). Against interpretation. Operant Subjectivity, 6, 73-103, 109-125.
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Selected Bibliography on Q Methodology
Books on Q Technique and Methodology
Block, J. (1961). The Q-sort method in personality assessment and psychiatric research.
Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas. (Republished: Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists
Press, 1978.)
Block, J. (2008). The Q-sort in character appraisal: Encoding subjective impressions of persons
quantitatively. Washington, DC: APA Books.
Brown, S.R. & Brenner, D.J. (Eds.) (1972). Science, psychology, and communication: Essays
honoring William Stephenson. New York: Teachers College Press.
Brown, S.R. (1980). Political subjectivity: Applications of Q methodology in political science.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
Iliescu, D. (2005). Metodologia Q. Budapest: Comunicare.ro. [Romanian]
Khoshgooyanfard, A-R. (2008). Q-methodology. Tehran: Research Center of IRIB [Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting] Publication. [Persian]
Kim, H.K. (2008). Q methodology: Philosophy of science, theories, analysis, and application.
Seoul: CommunicationBooks. [Korean]
McKeown, B.F. & D.B. Thomas (1988). Q methodology (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences series, Vol. 66). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. (See review by William Stephenson and rejoinder by McKeown and Thomas, Operant Subjectivity, 1989, 12,
103-109.)
Prasith-rathsint, S., & Sookasame, K. (2007). Variety of innovative research methods: Q methodology: A scientific study of subjectivity (Concepts, theory and application). Bangkok:
Samlada. [Thai].
Stephenson, W. (1953). The study of behavior: Q-technique and its methodology. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press. (Republished: Midway Edition, University of Chicago Press,
1975.)
Stephenson, W. (1967). The play theory of mass communication. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (Republished: New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, 1988.)
Stephenson, W. (1994). Quantum theory of advertising. Columbia: School of Journalism, University of Missouri.
Chapters on Q Technique and Methodology
Addams, H. (2000). Q methodology. In H. Addams & J. Proops (Eds.), Social discourse and
environmental policy: An application of Q methodology (pp.14-40). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
Brooks, W.D. (1970). Q-sort technique. In P. Emmert & W.D. Brooks (Eds.), Methods of research in communication. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Brown, S.R. (1986). Q technique and method: Principles and procedures. In W.D. Berry & M.S.
Lewis-Beck (Eds.), New tools for social scientists: Advances and applications in research
methods (pp. 57-76). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.
Brown, S.R. (1999). Psicología política desde el punto de vista de la subjetividad natural [Political psychology from the standpoint of naturalistic subjectivity]. In G.A. Mota Botello (Ed.),
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Psicología política del nuevo siglo (pp. 37-54). Mexico City: Sociedad Mexicana de Psicología Social.
Brown, S.R. (2003). Preconception and realisation: A constant conjunction of theory and measurement. In R.M. Lipgar & M. Pines (Eds.), Building on Bion: Branches. Contemporary
developments and applications of Bion’s contributions to theory and practice (pp. 285-301).
London: Jessica Kingsley.
Brown, S.R. (2004). Q methodology. In M.S. Lewis-Beck, A. Bryman, & T.F. Liao (Eds.), The
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Brown, S.R. (2005). Applying Q methodology to empowerment. In D. Narayan (Ed.), Measuring empowerment: Cross-disciplinary perspectives (pp. 197-215). Washington, DC: The
World Bank.
Brown, S.R. (2006). Q methodology and naturalistic subjectivity. In B. Midgley & E. Morris
(Eds.), Modern perspectives on J.R. Kantor and interbehaviorism (pp. 251-268). Reno, NV:
Context Press.
Brown, Steven R. (in press). Q methodology. In L.M. Given (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of
qualitative research methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2008.
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Special Issues
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Goldman, I. Abductory inference, communication theory and subjective science.
Sanders, K.P. & Morris, D.N. Combining research approaches: The Anvil writers revisited.
Brown, S.R. & Mathieson, M. The operantcy of practical criticism.
Stainton Rogers, R. & Stainton Rogers, W. What the Brits got out of the Q: And why their work may not line
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Brown, S.R. What’s past is prologue.
Lipgar, R.M., Bair, J.P., & Fichtner, C.G. Integrating research with conference learning: 10 years of Q methodology studies exploring experiential learning in the Tavistock tradition.
Bimler, D., & Kirkland, J. From circumplex to sphere: Perceptions of vocational activities, explored and applied.
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Methodological Foundations
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A note on the methodology of clinical explanation. Psychological Record, 12, 101-103.
Independency and operationism in Q-sorting. Psychological Record, 13, 269-272.
Consciousness out—subjectivity in. Psychological Record, 18, 499-501.
Methodology of single case studies. Journal of Operational Psychiatry, 5(2), 3-16.
The shame of science. Ethics in Science & Medicine, 5, 25-38.
Michael Polanyi, science and belief. Ethics in Science & Medicine, 7, 97-110.
Principles for the study of subjectivity. Operant Subjectivity, 4, 37-53.
Against interpretation. Operant Subjectivity, 6, 73-103, 109-125.
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Communication Theory
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(1995-1996). Quantum theory media research: I. Reception analysis. Operant Subjectivity, 19,
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Newton’s Fifth Rule
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Knight, M. (2005). Prepared minds: Reflections on Stephenson’s article Newton’s Fifth Rule. Operant Subjectivity, 28, 172-176.
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Quantum Theory
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(1988). William James, Niels Bohr and complementarity: V—Phenomenology of subjectivity.
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Ramlo, S. (2005/2006). A physicist’s reflection on Q methodology, quantum mechanics & Stephenson. Operant Subjectivity, 29, 81-86.
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Miscellaneous
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Factor Analysis
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