Package: qmethod 1.8.4

qmethod: Analysis of Subjective Perspectives Using Q Methodology

Analysis of Q methodology, used to identify distinct perspectives existing within a group. This methodology is used across social, health and environmental sciences to understand diversity of attitudes, discourses, or decision-making styles (for more information, see <https://qmethod.org/>). A single function runs the full analysis. Each step can be run separately using the corresponding functions: for automatic flagging of Q-sorts (manual flagging is optional), for statement scores, for distinguishing and consensus statements, and for general characteristics of the factors. The package allows to choose either principal components or centroid factor extraction, manual or automatic flagging, a number of mathematical methods for rotation (or none), and a number of correlation coefficients for the initial correlation matrix, among many other options. Additional functions are available to import and export data (from raw *.CSV, 'HTMLQ' and 'FlashQ' *.CSV, 'PQMethod' *.DAT and 'easy-htmlq' *.JSON files), to print and plot, to import raw data from individual *.CSV files, and to make printable cards. The package also offers functions to print Q cards and to generate Q distributions for study administration. See further details in the package documentation, and in the web pages below, which include a cookbook, guidelines for more advanced analysis (how to perform manual flagging or change the sign of factors), data management, and a graphical user interface (GUI) for online and offline use.

Authors:Aiora Zabala [aut, cre], Maximilian Held [aut], Frans Hermans [aut]

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# Install 'qmethod' in R:
install.packages('qmethod', repos = c('https://aiorazabala.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Peer review:

Bug tracker:https://github.com/aiorazabala/qmethod/issues

Datasets:

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Exports:build.q.setcentroidexport.pqmethodexport.qmimport.easyhtmlqimport.htmlqimport.pqmethodimport.q.concourseimport.q.feedbackimport.q.sortsloa.and.flagsmake.cardsmake.distributionq.fnamesqbstepqdcqdc.zscqfcharactqflagqfsiqindtestqmb.plotqmb.summaryqmbootsqmethodqpcrustesqzscoresrunInterface

Dependencies:digestevaluateGPArotationhighrknitrlatticemnormtnlmepsychxfunxtableyaml

Readme and manuals

Help Manual

Help pageTopics
Package for Q methodology analysisqmethod-package
Q methodology: sample a Q set from a concoursebuild.q.set
Q methodology: centroid extractioncentroid
Q methodology: export to PQMethod *.DAT and *.STA filesexport.pqmethod
Q Methodology: export results to a plain text documentexport.qm
Q methodology: import data from easy-HTMLQimport.easyhtmlq
Q methodology: import data from HTMLQ and FlashQimport.htmlq
Q methodology: import PQMethod *.DAT filesimport.pqmethod
Q methodology: import concourse of Q itemsimport.q.concourse
Q methodology: imports feedback on Q itemsimport.q.feedback
Q methodology: import Q-sorts from CSVimport.q.sorts
Import Exampleimportexample
_Lipset_ (1963) Q methodology datasetlipset
Q methodology: show factor loadings next to flagsloa.and.flags
Q methodology: produce printable cards for Q study with ID and full item wordingmake.cards
Q methodology: create Q normal distributionmake.distribution
Q Method: plot for statement z-scoresplot.QmethodRes
Q Method: print method for resultsprint.QmethodRes
Change factor names in the results of Q methodology analysisq.fnames
Q Methodology: Single step for the bootstrapqbstep
Q methodology: distinguishing and consensus statementsqdc
Q methodology: distinguishing and consensus statementsqdc.zsc
Q methodology: factor characteristicsqfcharact
Q methodology: automatic flagging of Q-sortsqflag
Q Methodology: Factor Stability indexqfsi
Q Methodology: PCA bootstrap indeterminacy testsqindtest
Q Methodology: Plot of bootstrap resultsqmb.plot
Q Methodology: Summary of bootstrap resultsqmb.summary
Q Methodology: Bootstrapqmboots
Q methodology analysisqmethod
Q Methodology: Procrustes rotation of loadingsqpcrustes
Q methodology: z-scores from loadingsqzscores
Q methodology: Graphical User Interface (GUI)runInterface
Q methodology: summary for class 'QmethodRes'summary.QmethodRes