Q-methodology: An alternative approach to research in nurse education

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 917-925

  Barker, Janet H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Q methodology; Research approaches; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; Q-SORT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 53349118685     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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