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From:         "W.Stainton-Rogers" 
Subject: Let's talk by 'phone
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Amanda,
I'm here and settled well.=20

One bit of awkward news is that I don't think I'll be doing a seminar in We=
llington. I can try and sort this out, but it means I won't get funding for=
 the journey to Dunedin. We are hoping to spend some time in Palmerston Nor=
th, so maybe we could attach it to that. It would be nice to have a bit of =
time in Wellington, but other venues are also workeable, I'm sure. It depen=
ds what we decide to do and what we want to achive. I'm very flexible about=
 that.

Let's talk by 'phone and explore possibilities. I have access to an NZ mobi=
le later this afternoon. If you sent me your numbers again, and if that's c=
onvenient, I could call you. I'm sure we can make something work somewhere,=
 and maybe more than that! I'll contact the people in Wellington and see ho=
w the land lies.
Wendy

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From: Amanda Wolf [Amanda.Wolf  at VUW.AC.NZ]
Sent: 01 March 2010 09:36
To: Q-METHOD@LISTSERV.KENT.EDU
Subject: Re: postal sorts -- email sorts

Hi Wendy

Trust you are safely ashore and enjoying your NZ moment.

Happy to chat further to advance plans for a Q workshop.

Best wishes
Amanda

Amanda Wolf, PhD
Director, Graduate Research Programmes
Senior Lecturer, Public Policy
School of Government
Victoria University of Wellington
P O Box 600
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND

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From: Q Methodology Network [Q-METHOD  at LISTSERV.KENT.EDU] On Behalf Of W.Sta=
inton-Rogers [w.stainton-rogers@OPEN.AC.UK]
Sent: Friday, 29 January 2010 12:51 a.m.
To: Q-METHOD@LISTSERV.KENT.EDU
Subject: Re: postal sorts -- email sorts

Hi Amanda
Leavingon Saturday but not getting to NZ until 18th Feb. From then
through to mid April I'll be available to do a Q Beginners Workshop
with  you in Wellington, if you are still up for it. It would be
lovely to gave some talk time too.
How about I call you when we are settled? Send me a number and times
it's good to get you.
Best Wishes
Wendy

Sent from my iPhone

On 27 Jan 2010, at 20:07, "Amanda Wolf"  wrote:

> Koenraad Keignaert asked about postal sorts.
>
> I have had good experiences with email. In a number of studies, I
> have emailed participants a "packet" as a word attachment, with an
> email cover letter. The attachment includes: an information sheet,
> consent form, instruction sheet, response form, number cards, and
> statement cards (the latter two items set up like labels, 10-12 to a
> page).
>
> I have a sample "packet" that I would be happy to send to anyone off-
> list (requests to amanda.wolf@vuw.ac.nz). In this case, there was an
> earlier email exercise to elicit statements from which a q-sample
> was selected. The study was reported in:
>
> "Emerging Ethical Perspectives in Evaluation" Handbook of Social
> Research Ethics, edited by Donna Mertens and Paula Ginsberg, Sage
> Publishers, pp 170-183) (with K. Toms and D. Turner), 2008. The
> ethical perspectives exercise involved members of three evaluation
> professionals' associations. In other words, the participants were
> highly educated, and in most cases highly experienced researchers,
> and could be expected to be willing to try a "new" method of data
> collection (as they saw it). I have also used "packets" with a
> network of social scientists and with post-graduate policy students.
>
> The main drawbacks with postal (or distance sorts) are the lack of
> an opportunity for a face-to-face interview, and missed "clues" that
> can often be picked up observing sorters in action. A further
> potential drawback, which I have not experienced, is that the sorter
> will not follow though, when confronted with what seems like a
> daunting task (the sample packet runs to 13 pages). I have also
> considered, but not used personally, a "phone in" option, in which
> sorters would be invited to leave the sort set up, scan and email me
> their response sheet, and then engage in a phone post-sort interview.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Amanda
>
> Amanda Wolf, PhD
> Director, Graduate Research Programmes
> Senior Lecturer, Public Policy
> School of Government
> Victoria University of Wellington
> P O Box 600
> Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
>
> Tel: +64 4 463-5712
> Fax: +64 4 463-5454
> Cell: +64 21 488 173
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Q Methodology Network [mailto:Q-METHOD  at LISTSERV.KENT.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Keignaert Koenraad
> Sent: Wednesday, 27 January 2010 11:53 p.m.
> To: Q-METHOD@LISTSERV.KENT.EDU
> Subject: Statement length and attention span
>
> Hello all
>
> . . .
> BTW, reactions on doing Q-methodology via the postal services and
> responses to my other questions of last Monday are still very much
> welcome.
>
> sincerely yours
>
>
> drs Koenraad Keignaert, MA.
> Assistent - doctoraal onderzoeker
>
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>
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> mailto:koenraad.keignaert@artesis.be
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>
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