• After a lengthy delay due mainly to a change in the location of the editorial office and transfer to a new publisher, the next issue of Operant Subjectivity has just today arrived from the publisher and will hopefully be in the mail on Monday. Most subscribers should therefore receive their copies before departing for Trondheim,…

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  • I just wanted to inform you, that we released the final version of FlashQ 1.0, an user friendly and flexible application for performing Q-sorts online. Please visit our website http://www.hackert.biz/flashq for more information about our tool or test our demo at http://www.hackert.biz/flashq/demo. Feedback, comments and improvement suggestions are highly welcome! Best regards from Germany Christian (Hackert)

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  • I am pleased to announce the new editorial board of Operant Subjectivity. Operant Subjectivity is the official journal of the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity. Its mission is to foster understanding of subjectivity through presentation of original research, theoretical and philosophical critique, and methodological clarification. I would like to signal that I…

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  • Rhoads, James C. (2007). Q methodology. In Neil J. Salkind (Ed.) and Kristin Rasmussen (Managing Ed.), Encyclopedia of measurement and statistics (Vol. 3, pp. 799-802). Thousand Oaks, CA, London, and New Delhi: Sage Publications. This 2000-word entry is at the beginning of Volume 3 of this Encyclopedia and is a clear and well-written summary of…

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  • Steven R. Brown, Dan W. Durning, and Sally C. Selden (2008). Q methodology. In K. Yang & G.J. Miller (Eds.), Handbook of research methods in public administration (Public Administration and Public Policy series, Vol. 134) (2nd ed., pp. 721-763). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press (Taylor & Francis). ISBN: 9780849353840, $139.95. This wholly rewritten chapter is…

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  • Join ISSSS

    Annual membership fees are currently being accepted for the 2003-2004 (October is the first month of the ISSSS fiscal year). Fees are US$30 for professionals and US$10 for students. These fees include mail postage in the U.S. and overseas. Members will receive all four issues of Volume 27 of Operant Subjectivity. Students should send a photocopy…

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  • Donner, Jonathan C. (2001): Using q-sorts in participatory processes: An introduction to the methodology. In Social Analysis: Selected Tools and Techniques (Social Development Papers,   Number 36, pp. 24-59) . Washington, DC: The World Bank, Social Development Department

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  • Brown, Steven R. (1996). Q methodology and qualitative research. Qualitative Health Research, 6(4), 561-567.

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  • Stainton Rogers, Rex (1995): Q methodology. In J.A. Smith, R. Harré & L. Van Langenhofe (Eds.), Rethinking methods in psychology (pp. 178-192). London and Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

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  • Stainton Rogers, Rex & Stainton Rogers, Wendy (1990). What the Brits Got Out of the Q: And Why Their Work may not Line Up with the American Way of Getting Into It! Electronic Journal of Communication, 1 (1).

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