Empirical Validation of Concept Maps: Preliminary Methodological Considerations

Authors:
Dietrich Albert;Christina M. Steiner
Affiliations:
University of Graz;University of Graz
Venue:
ICALT '05 Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
Year:
2005

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Abstract

For their usage in the semantic web valid ontologies are required for a given domain. Here we focus on ontologies represented as concept maps. We outline two methodological approaches for empirically validating concept maps. One procedure is to validate a given concept map with concept maps generated systematically by others. As a second method of validating a given concept map, we suggest to observe the behaviour in a relevant situational context as a validation criterion. In this scope, a method for predicting personsý problem solving behaviour by using a given concept map is outlined. In general, the purpose and ultimate use of a given concept map has to be taken into consideration for choosing a validation procedure and interpreting its results.