Evaluating an Inquiry-based Bioinformatics Course Using Q Methodology

Understanding Expectations of Different User Groups of a Sophisticated Fall Detection System

“…It can be described as the feeling of safety for the participants' disturbance caused by CARE which can be tolerable; a conclusion of important (2,20,5) and unimportant (16, 12, 27) statements.…”

“…This methodology, on the basis of many factors, can identify attitude groups by quantifying data that is hardly measurable otherwise [1,2,3,4,5]. Q methodology works with all previously collected factors, which affect the judgment of CARE, such as cultural and social factors or subjective feelings [1,3].…”

“…Most studies aim to identify groups of users with Q methodology, however, CARE's aim was to gain information on the expectations of the user groups: elderly/cared (end users), caregiver staff and service providers [1,2,3,8]. The representatives of the three user groups were family members (or guardians) from the end user side and caregiver staff and managers from the service provider side.…”

Exploring suggestions for improving a computing course

“…The authors of that study [12] didn't also found applications of Q similar to theirs. In that paper the authors used Q to determine students' views of a bioinformatics course in order to improve it, and applied Q in two different offerings of the course, like in a repeated measurement design, and analyze how course changes affected students' viewpoints about the course.…”

A Q-Methodology Approach to Investigating the Relationship Between Level of Reflection and Typologies Among Prospective Teachers in the Physics Learning Assistant Program at Florida International University

“…For example, Davis and Michelle (2011) note that, Q methodology allows for insight on participant "subjectivities in a much richer and more holistic way than conventional surveys, while providing clearer structure, better replicability and a more rigorous analytical framework than purely qualitative approaches such as individual interviews, focus groups or ethnographic observations" (p. 561). Q methodology also allows for the consideration of the views of several participants in a much shorter time frame than what would be required by interviews (Ramlo, McConnell, Duan, & Moore 2008). Furthermore, Q methodology is more likely to establish a variety of views including those that may be otherwise marginalized (Brown, 1993;Ramlo, 2008a).…”