PQMethod 2.0 Additional Program Files

Note: The following programs  are contained also within the PQMethod 2.20 package, without documentation, however.

Two command-line tools for 'converting' PQMethod  Q-Sort files to HTML:
PQM2HTM ('PQMethod to HTM') creates a single HTML document containing all Q-sorts, PQM2mHTM ('PQMethod to multiple HTML files') outputs separate HTML files for every Q-sort, together with all frame files required.

• Installation: After downloading extract both exe-files into a directory in your path (e.g., into C:\PQMETHOD or into C:\WINDOWS)
• Usage (with the 'Lipset' example): Enter (at the DOS command prompt):
  • PQM2HTM C:\PQMETHOD\PROJECTS\LIPSET and then load the created C:\PQMETHOD\PROJECTS\LIPSET.HTM into the browser - or:
  • PQM2mHTM C:\PQMETHOD\PROJECTS\LIPSET to get this solution with frames: C:\PQMETHOD\PROJECTS\LIPSET\INDEX.HTM
• NB: you need not enter the full path if you first cd to the project files' location. Moreover, instead of the project name ('LIPSET') you can as well specify one of the project files (e.g., LIPSET.STA) in case you wish to make use of windows' open file with or drag-and-drop functions.
  Note: The statements in the .sta file need not be shortened, you can display sorts with long statements also.

horst55.zip

Contains horst55.exe, a DOS program for Centroid factor analysis with iterative solutions for communalities; adapted from Horst (1965). Reads the <study_name>.cor correlation matrix file as produced by PQMethod (QPCA or QCENT), and outputs a <study_name>.unr unrotated factor matrix file which in turn can be used as input for  PQMethod. Fortran source code included, but no further documentation.

Horst, P. (1965) Factor Analysis of Data Matrices. Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

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