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| Autor/inn/en | Aitken, Joan E.; Palmer, Rodger D. |
|---|---|
| Titel | Selecting a Q Sample: A Study of Communication Types among Students, Faculty, and Administrators in Higher Education. |
| Quelle | (1988), (26 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | College Students; Communication Research; Higher Education; Interpersonal Communication; Methods Research; Organizational Communication; Q Methodology; Research Methodology; Statistical Analysis |
| Abstract | A study explored issues regarding the selection of a Q sample in three studies using Stephenson's Q technique or Q methodology: a current study on initial interaction in interpersonal communication; a second study on the effects of alcohol use on interpersonal communication (these two studies are in progress and are the outgrowth and work of two classes in interpersonal communication); and a third study on a completed project about the nature of communication patterns in colleges and universities. By looking at a completed Q sort, some of the problems that arose in the sample can be examined. Several basic methodological decisions regarding the selection of a Q sample are considered: (1) how the statements for a Q concourse will be collected; (2) whether a pleasure-unpleasure (agree-disagree) balance to the sample will be imposed; (3) whether the statements evoke imagery and meaning; (4) whether a theoretical structure will be imposed; (5) how statements will be modified or rewritten; and (6) whether the Q sort will be tested and statements that provide little information will be omitted. Results support theories stating that communication channels in formal organization follow vertical and horizontal channels but do not indicate whether these channels of communication are a result of a mixture of types of communicators found in an organization or the communication style of an organization. (Two tables of data, 24 references, and four appendixes of statements are attached.) (RAE) |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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