import.pqmethod {qmethod}

Q methodology: import PQMethod *.DAT files

Description

Imports data from *.DAT files created in PQMethod software.

Usage

import.pqmethod(file, ...)

Arguments

file

a file with extension *.DAT (see full description of the file below in References).

...

further arguments to be passed to read.table and read.fwf.

Details

Extracts the raw data of a Q methodology study from the native format used in PQMethod. Returns a data frame with statements as rows and Q-sorts as columns.

If the following error occurs: "invalid multibyte string", a possible solution is to either set the right file-encoding in the argument fileEncoding or inspect the file for uncommon characters (see details in read.table).

Author(s)

Aiora Zabala

References

Schmolck, Peter, 2014. PQMethod Software, Available at: http://schmolck.org/qmethod/

File descriptions in PQMethod Manual: http://schmolck.org/qmethod/pqmanual.htm#appdxa