Step Eight: Map the Representations

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Step Eight: Map the Representations

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In addition to statistical analysis, relational analysis often leads to viewing the representations of the concepts and their associations in a text (or across texts) in a graphical -- or map -- form. Relational analysis is also informed by a variety of different theoretical approaches: linguistic content analysis, decision mapping, and mental models.

See the Palmquist, Carley, and Dale study for an example of mapping.

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