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1 online resource (235 pages) |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; About the Authors; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 What Are Causal Maps?; 1.2 Visual vs. Non-Visual Presentation; 1.3 Why Causal Maps?; 1.4 Plan of the Book; 2 Concepts in Comparative Causal Mapping; 2.1 Models in the Mind; 2.2 Formation of Causal Ideas; 2.3 Stability and Change of Thinking; 2.4 Impact of Knowledge; 2.5 Towards Eliciting Knowledge and Mental Models; 3 Comparative Causal Mapping; 3.1 Data Acquisition; 3.1.1 Documentary Data; 3.1.2 Low-structured Interviewing |
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3.1.3 Text-based Elicitation3.1.4 Structured Methods; 3.1.5 Semi-structured Interviewing; 3.1.6 Shortcuts to CCM Data; 3.1.7 Automated Causal Mapping; 3.2 Standardizing (Coding); 3.3 Comparison for Aggregation; 3.3.1 Interpretive-inductive Strategy; 3.3.2 Predefined Concept List or Pool Strategy; 3.4 Trustworthinessâ#x80;#x94;Validity; 3.5 CCM Metrics: Counting the Countable; 3.5.1 Modeling Real Systems; 3.5.2 Representing Mental Models and Belief Systems; 3.5.3 To Quantify or Not?; 3.6 Selecting a CCM Method; 4 Computerizing CCM with CMAP3; 4.1 CMAP3: An Overview; 4.2 Installing and Starting CMAP3 |
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4.3 Defining CMAP3 Projects5 From Raw Data to Analyzable Output; 5.1 Preparing Raw Data; 5.2 Keyboard Entry; 5.3 Importing Data; 5.4 Standard Term Vocabulary; 5.4.1 Stage 1: Tentative Standardizing: Provisional Standard Term Vocabulary; 5.4.2 Stage 2: Inductive Construction of the STVâ#x80;#x99;s First Approximation; 5.4.3 Stage 3: Towards the Final STV and Standardization Solution; 5.5 Generating Output Data; 6 Cause Map Analysis Tools in CMAP3; 6.1 Standard Causal Units; 6.2 Standard Node Terms; 6.3 Focal and Domain Maps; 6.4 Statistics Module; 6.5 Visual Cause Maps; 7 CCM Research in Practice |
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7.1 Document-based CCM: Mapping Chinese Foreign Policy Beliefs7.1.1 DBCM Studies in IR; 7.1.2 Mapping Chinese Grand Strategic Beliefs; 7.1.3 Definition and Data Selection; 7.1.4 Coding the Speeches; 7.1.5 Data Importing and Map Generation; 7.1.6 Map Visualization and Analysis; 7.1.7 Working with DBCMs; 7.2 Causal Mapping Professionalsâ#x80;#x99; Mental Models; 7.2.1 Background of the SBA Study; 7.2.2 Methodology; 7.2.3 Visual Analysis: NMF-Success/Failure; 7.2.4 The SBA Mindset; 7.3 Structured CCM: Comparing Methods; 7.3.1 Research Process; 7.3.2 Individual Causal Maps |
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7.3.3 Comparison at Aggregate Level7.3.4 Understanding the Differences; 7.3.5 Assessing Representativeness; 7.3.6 Methodological Lessons; References |
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Print version record |
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Causation-Research
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Cognitive maps (Psychology)
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Decision making.
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Management.
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Decision Making
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decision making.
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management.
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Cognitive maps (Psychology)
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Decision making
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Management
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wang, Mingde
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| ISBN |
9781317163237 |
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1317163230 |
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