Short Take: Sorting at a Distance: Q Methodology Online. Issue 1 (February 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Meehan, Katie; Ginart, Lourdes; Ormerod, Kerri Jean
• Is Part Of: Field methods. Volume 34:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 82
• Page End: 88
• Publication Date: 2022-02
• Subjects: Ethnology -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Anthropology -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Anthropologie -- Méthodologie -- Périodiques; 306.072
• DOI: 10.1177/1525822X211069657
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1525-822X

Abstract

This article presents design principles and practical steps for web-based Q methodology surveys. Drawing on the experience of two online Q studies, we discuss theoretical concerns, sort and survey design, software programs, and issues in researcher–participant engagement. We argue that opening Q methodology to online modes of data collection is important to capture greater diversity in social perspectives and geographies.