Chapter 2 Abstract

 

            This chapter expands on the concept of the construct map introduced in the previous chapter. The aim is to enrich the reader’s understanding of this particular approach to conceptualizing a construct, an approach that has been found to be very useful as a basis for measuring (for example, see the many publications listed in Appendix C). There is no claim being made here that this approach will satisfy every possible measurement need (this point is expanded on at the end of the chapter). However, both for didactic purposes, and because it will prove a useful tool in many applications, the chapter will concentrate on just this one type of construct as will the rest of the book. The chapter mainly consists of a series of examples of construct maps, illustrating the main different types: respondent construct maps, item construct maps, and full construct maps, with both respondents and items. All of the examples are derived from published applications. These examples show construct maps that have been through several iterations, as well as some that might be best described as proto-construct maps.