Introduction to a special issue on concept mapping.
Eval Program Plann
; 60: 166-175, 2017 02.
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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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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Proyectos de Investigación
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Análisis por Conglomerados
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Investigación Empírica
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Procesos de Grupo
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Humans
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Eval Program Plann
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2017
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Article