Good news for those who've been slogging away on Q-studies with the freeware from Munich not operating without DOSBox for PC's with a Windows7 OS. Peter Schmolck now has PQMethod2.30 that can be downloaded for free and run on Windows7, including the PQROT subprogram, that provides a full picture of factor loadings and graphical display of rotation, whether it be by Varimax or Judgmental options. BUT -- and it always seems like there's a but -- he's waiting for feedback from experienced users before he puts up the automatic installation package on his website.
Here is his comment taken from a post to the Q-Method listserv last week:\\
The new PQMethod version 2.30 for Windows does not require DOSBox any
more
because it contains the windows compatible new version (1.5) of
PQROT. Mac
users could replace their PQMethod.exe with the new one from
the 2.30
Windows package.
I do not want to actually release the new version before
I get some
feedback from experienced users who are able to get along without
detailed install directives. Therefore it's just a "Preview" version at
the moment.
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Could they still use the preview version?
ReplyDeleteI've tried to download and check it out, but have hit a bug. I've emailed Peter to see if he can recommend a quick fix. In the meantime, it'd be wise to stick with the DOSBox version for post-XP Operating Systems.
ReplyDeleteEither that or find a PC with an XP OS, or send to me the filename.dat and filename.sta files and I can analyze them on my PC with XP.