Statistical methodology: VII. Q-methodology, a structural analytic approach to medical subjectivity

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1032-1040

  Barbosa, Joilo C ^a   Willoughby, Paula ^a   Rosenberg, Craig A ^a   Mrtek, Robert G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer education; Factor analysis; Medical education; Q methodology; Q technique; Statistical methods; Subjective research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031687489     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02786.x     Document Type: Article

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