Qmethod is a customizable tool for Q-methodology based surveys. Qmethod allows users to create their own q-methodology survey by customizing XML files.
"Q-methodology (also known as Q-sort) is the systematic study of participant viewpoints. Q-methodology is used to investigate the perspectives of participants who represent different stances on an issue, by having participants rank and sort a series of statements."1
Qmethod works by parsing xml files. The xml files located at src/settings defines the configurations for starting pages, statements, normal distribuition and the final survey. The user may edit these xml files to make his own survey.
We need:
- Python 3
- Git
Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/bfsc/qmethod
Install Python 3 and then
cd qmethod
python3 -m http.server 8080 --bind 127.0.0.1
Then, you may access by typing on your browser address bar: 127.0.0.1:8080
Clone the repository using Github app.
You may use the same python 3 trick or download, install and then use Fenix web server: http://fenixwebserver.com/
1: https://www.betterevaluation.org/en/evaluation-options/qmethodology
For more information on how to configure and run Qmethod, head to the wiki or download our guide.
If you plan to use this tool in a research project, please do not forget to cite the corresponding work as follows:
BibTeX
@INPROCEEDINGS {cartaxo2019esem,
author = "Bruno Cartaxo, Gustavo Pinto, Baldoino Fonseca, Márcio Ribeiro, Pedro Pinheiro, Sergio Soares and Maria Teresa Baldassarre",
title = "Software Engineering Research Community Viewpoints on Rapid Reviews",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 13th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM)",
year = "2019",
series = "ESEM '19"
}
MLA
Cartaxo, Bruno, et al. "Software Engineering Research Community Viewpoints on Rapid Reviews." 2019 ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM). IEEE, 2019.
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