2000
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00252
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Beyond Bias? The Promise and Limits of Q Method in Human Geography

Abstract: Q method is a quantitative technique for eliciting, evaluating, and comparing human subjectivity. We introduce the method here and evaluate its strengths and weaknesses, especially with regards to its incorporation into human geographic research. We conclude that Q method is particularly appropriate for human geographies informed by antiessentialist notions of the subject and constructivist accounts of social and natural reality. Claims by the founders of Q method that hold that the procedure distances and rem… Show more

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“…Q-sort is a collective image sorting method of agreement with a statement, which is then used to prompt discussion (Palmer, 1983;Pitt and Sube, 1979). "Qmethods" were designed to be an objective method for the study of subjective values, opinions and meanings, in conjunction with other methods (Robbins and Krueger, 2000 Green (2005). In this case, the participants were divided into small groups and given a stack of images that visually represented various aspects or elements of what could be perceived as climate change (for example, an image of a cyclone).…”
Section: Mixed Methodology Approachmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Q-sort is a collective image sorting method of agreement with a statement, which is then used to prompt discussion (Palmer, 1983;Pitt and Sube, 1979). "Qmethods" were designed to be an objective method for the study of subjective values, opinions and meanings, in conjunction with other methods (Robbins and Krueger, 2000 Green (2005). In this case, the participants were divided into small groups and given a stack of images that visually represented various aspects or elements of what could be perceived as climate change (for example, an image of a cyclone).…”
Section: Mixed Methodology Approachmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Q-method is based on the assumption that subjectivity can and will be expressed by a person's own behavior as reported through their ranking of statements (Wigger and Mrtek, 1994). Operationally, Q-method asks subjects to systematically sort a set of statements based on how strongly they agree (positive on the Q-sort board) or disagree with each statement (negative on the Q-sort board; Brewer et al, 2000;Robbins and Krueger, 2000;Jacobson and Aaltio-Marjosola, 2001;McLean et al, 2005). It requires that participants evaluate each statement in relation to every other statement and reflects the person's worldview of the topic (Brewer et al, 2000).…”
Section: Q-methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is through this fundamental process that the meanings individuals have constructed in their minds on given topics come to light. This process, according to Robbins and Krueger (2000), provides researchers with the opportunity to examine response patterns across individual participants, rather than variables, in order to systematically identify groups of people with common structures in their perspectives. The uniqueness of the Q method as a qualitative technique according to Goldman (1999) lies in the fact that it is structured and "scientific".…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%