Debra J. Rog Books

Concept Mapping for Planning and Evaluation is a thorough, accessible guide to concept mapping in its most useful form for social or organizational researchers in any context. With straightforward language and useful examples from their 40 combined years of creating and working with this process, authors Mary Kane and William M. K. Trochim describe in detail the six major steps in the conduct of group concept mapping. is a thorough, accessible guide to concept mapping in its most useful form for social or organizational researchers in any context. With straightforward language and useful examples from their 40 combined years of creating and working with this process, authors Mary Kane and William M. K. Trochim describe in detail the six major steps in the conduct of group concept mapping.

This book presents complex concepts in a way that helps students to understand the logic underlying the creation, use, and evaluation of measurement instruments and to develop a more intuitive feel for how scales work. Robert DeVellis demystifies measurement by relating it to familiar experiences and by emphasizing a conceptual rather than a strictly mathematical understanding. Students' attention is drawn to important concepts that are foundational for subsequent topics, with opportunities provided to test understanding through chapter summaries and exercises.