A FORTRAN COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR Q SORT CALCULATIONS

The Q Sort method is a rank order procedure. This FORTRAN program calculates a total value for any group of cases for the items in the Q Sort and rank orders the items according to this composite value. EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT 1978, 38 THE Q methodology (Stephenson, 1953) uses a rank order proce-dure of a set of cards that contain statements, words, or phrases. These cards are given to an individual to sort according to certain criteria. With a large number of cards, it is difficult to rank order all of them. The sorter is instructed to put varying numbers of cards in several piles. The designation of the number of cards comprising the rank order continuum may be varied to meet the purposes of the research study. The purpose of this paper is to describe a computer program in Fortran that would permit Q Sort Calculations