Guest editorial
The Q-controversy: issues and nonissues 371 – 380
S M Macgill
Reflective distanciation through a metamethodological perspective 381 – 392
P Gould
Q-analysis and the theory of social scientific knowledge 393 – 401
I G Cullen
Using mathematics to simplify Q-analysis 403 – 422
H B Griffiths
On some problems in defining sets for Q-analysis 423 – 438
H Couclelis
Rethinking backcloth and traffic: perspectives from social network analysis and Q-analysis 439 – 456
S B Seidman
Q-analysis: a theory of stars 457 – 469
J H Johnson
Design in a universe of chance 471 – 484
L March
Letter to the editor
Review 487 – 488
Index 489 – 491