Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Concept Mapping	Επι-διαστατική Κλιμάκωση (MDS)
Πεδίο	Social Work	Στατιστική
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Latent structure
Έτος προέλευσης	1989	1952–1964
Δημιουργός	William M. K. Trochim	Warren S. Torgerson (metric MDS, 1952); Joseph B. Kruskal (non-metric MDS, 1964)
Τύπος	Mixed-method structured group conceptualization producing a visual cluster map	Dimensionality reduction / visualization
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Trochim, W. M. K. (1989). An introduction to concept mapping for planning and evaluation. Evaluation and Program Planning, 12(1), 1–16.	Kruskal, J. B. (1964). Multidimensional scaling by optimizing goodness of fit to a nonmetric hypothesis. Psychometrika, 29(1), 1–27.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	Group Concept Mapping, Structured Conceptualization, Trochim Concept Mapping, Concept Mapping for Planning and Evaluation	MDS, metric MDS, non-metric MDS, proximity scaling
Συναφείς	4	5
Σύνοψη	Concept mapping, in the structured sense developed by William Trochim, is a mixed-method process that lets a group develop a shared conceptual framework on a topic and represent it as a visual map. Participants generate statements about a focus question, sort them into thematic piles, and rate them; multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis then turn those sortings into a two-dimensional map of clustered ideas. Widely used in social-work and human-services planning and evaluation, it combines the openness of group brainstorming with the rigor of quantitative analysis to surface and structure stakeholder thinking.	Multidimensional scaling maps objects described only by pairwise similarities or dissimilarities into a low-dimensional geometric space so that distances in that space reflect the original proximity structure as faithfully as possible. It is widely used to visualize the hidden structure of psychological, social, and behavioral data.