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Emergent Methodologies: Quantum Qualitative Research
No full textThis methodology paper considers the prospects for quantizing qualitative inquiry in the context of equity and program evaluation. This paper first examines how quantum logics have been applied to the social sciences. Quantum logics refers to a set of generalizations, or rules, that embrace uncertainty and relationality, challenging the linear causality of traditional social science. Then, it reflects upon the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the local community as a site to reframe findings and methods through the lens of quantum logic. For example, schools may be understood as quantum systems, co-constituted and rhizomatic communities shaped by entanglement and relationality. In conclusion, this paper elucidates the possible conditions in which quantum logic might be strategically and selectively employed in program evaluation with local stakeholders, potentially toward a more equitable allocation of resources
Suspended in Flight
No full textReagan Cosper (b. 1998) is a St. Petersburg-based multimedia Contemporary artist and curator who has organized and participated in art exhibitions throughout the Tampa Bay area. Cosper’s involvement in art organizing began as a student in the University of South Florida when she was active in connecting the campus to the regional arts community, advocating for greater public art presence, and helping to organize art events. During these efforts she became an early part of the leadership of the St. Petersburg campus’ first student art club, The Collection, and also worked with university officials to launch art projects and expand the presence of the arts on campus. After graduating she continued to organize grassroots art events that provide platforms for a diverse range of artists from various backgrounds and art mediums. She has also co-founded the Two Headed Gallery project in Downtown St. Petersburg and served as co-host for the WMAS Art Talks podcast.
As an artist, Cosper works primarily in the mediums of painting, photography, literature, and digital art. This piece, Suspended in Flight (2022), is part of an ongoing series of introspective works in which Cosper explores the cross-media relation between word and form by utilizing a unique creative process that creates links between written and visual poetry. With Suspended in Flight, Cosper began with painting the piece first and then created the poem afterwards whereas in other works the poem precedes and inspires the painting. In either scenario, the companion painting and poems ultimately form a unified conceptual work of seen and unseen images, feelings, and associations.
Suspended in Flight captures several signature elements of her art, including narrative symbolism, an emphasis on color, the use of partial or abstracted self portraits. Visually, it draws influence from each of her greatest recurring inspirations (René Magritte, Frida Kahlo, and Piet Mondrian) to form Cosper’s aesthetic foundation. Cosper also utilizes Surrealist imagery and ambiguous symbols—including animals, X-rays, dice, and distorted bodies—to create segmented vignettes of enigmatic moodscapes and windows into the inner worlds of herself and others.
To further reinforce the personal nature of the piece, it also incorporates quilting border designs inspired by the quilting traditions of her grandmother and mother, connecting her work to the continuity of her family, as well as the history of women’s craft art traditions at large. This is one of Cosper’s early pieces to feature the motif, which is further employed in subsequent larger scale works, therefore making Suspended in Flight significant as a transitional piece in Cosper’s body of work.
Accompanying poem:
Embracing the help.
It felt I was always reaching,
Only luck would have it,
That you would save me.
Making me as light as your feathers
Time passed waiting for you,
I watched my favorite things die.
You were worth the wait,
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Utility of the WASI–II 2-Subtest Full Scale IQ for Identifying Impaired Cognitive Functions
No full textThis study focused on how accurately the WASI–II 2FSIQ predicts the 4FSIQ. If two subtests can identify intellectual disability, a low score might prompt a switch to the WAIS–IV or WISC–V prior to completing the four WASI–II subtests. Participants were 94 individuals with psychiatric or neurological disorders (age M = 49.04 yrs, education M = 13.48 yrs) seem for clinical evaluation. The correlation between the 2FSIQs and 4FSIQs in the total sample was high, r(92) = .96, p \u3c .001, but the former cannot be relied upon to predict 4FSIQs. It overestimated 4FSIQs in 69.1% of the cases, with only 50% of the 2FSIQs falling within + 3 points of the 4FSIQs. However, classification accuracy statistics indicated that the 2FSIQ effectively screened for the presence of intellectual disability. A 2FSIQ standard score cutoff of ≤ 79 yielded a high probability that the 4FSIQ was also at or below the cut score
Qualitative Methods for Health Research, 5th Edition: A Review
No full textQualitative Methods for Health Research (5th ed.; Green et al., 2025) is an introductory textbook that provides an overview of qualitative methodology as it is used in health-related fields, including public health, healthcare delivery, and medical science. It provides instruction on theoretical principles, core methods and their implementation, and related topics such as developing research proposals and publishing study results. This new addition includes updated content and new content pertinent to recent developments that have affected health research practices, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and broader awareness of the impact of colonialism and racial discrimination
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