a9c314d8-8a87-4992-9677-d9705c380f10 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:16:05 UK GEMINI 2.3 Q sort response data on stakeholder discourse and opinion towards a non-native lizard species (Podarcis muralis) 2019-03-04 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/a9c314d8-8a87-4992-9677-d9705c380f10 10.5285/a9c314d8-8a87-4992-9677-d9705c380f10 doi: Williams, R., Dunn, A., Quinn, C., Hassall, C. (2019). Q sort response data on stakeholder discourse and opinion towards a non-native lizard species (Podarcis muralis). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/a9c314d8-8a87-4992-9677-d9705c380f10 This dataset contains response data from Q sort exercises investigating attitudes towards non-native lizards in the UK conducted in 2017-18. Data have been collected using standard Q method techniques for combined qualitative and quantitative investigation into subjective viewpoints surrounding a research topic. The data provided are the final Q sort arrangements obtained from participants and provide the basis for further factor analysis. Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/a9c314d8-8a87-4992-9677-d9705c380f10 Williams, R. University of Leeds bsrjw@leeds.ac.uk pointOfContact Williams, R. University of Leeds bsrjw@leeds.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3706-4510 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Dunn, A. University of Leeds A.Dunn@leeds.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4855-1077 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Quinn, C. University of Leeds c.h.quinn@leeds.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2085-0446 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Hassall, C. University of Leeds C.Hassall@leeds.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3510-0728 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian Invasive species Invasive non-native species wall lizard Q methodology otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © Natural Environment Research Council otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Williams, R., Dunn, A., Quinn, C., Hassall, C. (2019). Q sort response data on stakeholder discourse and opinion towards a non-native lizard species (Podarcis muralis). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/a9c314d8-8a87-4992-9677-d9705c380f10 English utf8 biota environment 2017-01-01 2018-12-31 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/a9c314d8-8a87-4992-9677-d9705c380f10 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/a9c314d8-8a87-4992-9677-d9705c380f10.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 The Q set was developed from statements generated from several sources in direct response to (or pertaining to) the open question of ‘Do you have any thoughts or feelings about the presence of wall lizards in the UK?’ A total of 128 statements were collected, at which point no further original opinion/sentiment was found. A review process to fine tune the final Q set (in terms of reduction in number of statements and maintenance of plain language) was then undertaken. This revision process resulted in the construction of a final Q set consisting of 76 statements that provided a comprehensive and balanced coverage of the study topic. Twenty-six participants across seven stakeholder groups took part in the Q sorts in the summer of 2017. The Q sort was administered either in person or online.