Includes appendices, bibliographical references and index. Watts, S., & Stenner, P. (2012). Doing Q methodological research: theory, method and interpretation. Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.

Section 1: Theory -- Introducing Q methodology: the inverted factor technique -- Theory and Q methodology: from Stephenson to constructionism -- Section 2: Method -- Basic design issues: research questions and Q sets -- Doing the fieldwork: participants, materials and procedure -- Understanding the analytic process (1): factor extraction -- Understanding the analytic process (2): factor rotation and the preparation of factor arrays -- Section 3: Interpretation -- Factor interpretation -- Writing and publishing Q methodological papers