Introduction to a special issue on concept mapping |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Cornell University, 435 Kennedy Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States;2. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, United States;1. Department of Family and Child Studies, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Avenue, University Hall 4144, Montclair, NJ 07043, United States;2. Cornell Office for Research on Evaluation, Cornell University, 2301 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States;3. Cornell Office for Research on Evaluation, Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, 2301 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States;1. Senior Research Psychologist Arkin, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;2. Research employee of Minds21, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;3. Senior Staff, Parnassia Group, Dijk en Duin, Castricum, The Netherlands;4. Senior Researcher, Academic Collaborative Centre for Public Health Brabant, Tranzo, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands;5. Senior Researcher, Trimbos Institute, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands;6. Director of Minds21, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;1. School of Education, Colorado State University, United States;2. Social Work Research Center, School of Social Work, Colorado State University, United States;1. Concept Systems, Inc., Ithaca, NY, United States;2. Independent Consultant, Ferndale, MI, United States;3. Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation, Detroit, MI, United States;4. Compass Evaluation + Consulting LLC, Rochester, NY, United States;5. Transformations Consultants, Buffalo, NY, United States;1. Open University of the Netherlands, 177, Valkenburgerweg, 6401 DL, Heerlen, The Netherlands;2. Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Great Valley, 30 E. Swedesford Rd., Malvern, PA 19355, USA;3. Concept System, Inc., 136 East State Street, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA |
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| Abstract: | Concept mapping was developed in the 1980s as a unique integration of qualitative (group process, brainstorming, unstructured sorting, interpretation) and quantitative (multidimensional scaling, hierarchical cluster analysis) methods designed to enable a group of people to articulate and depict graphically a coherent conceptual framework or model of any topic or issue of interest. This introduction provides the basic definition and description of the methodology for the newcomer and describes the steps typically followed in its most standard canonical form (preparation, generation, structuring, representation, interpretation and utilization). It also introduces this special issue which reviews the history of the methodology, describes its use in a variety of contexts, shows the latest ways it can be integrated with other methodologies, considers methodological advances and developments, and sketches a vision of the future of the method’s evolution. |
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| Keywords: | Concept mapping Structured conceptualization Brainstorming Sorting Multidimensional scaling Cluster analysis Pattern matching |
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