Citation

Linton R. Eval. Program Plann. 1989; 12(1): 25-29.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0149-7189(89)90018-9

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper describes the use of structured conceptualization to develop a framework for understanding the concept of feminism. Ideas were brainstormed by 84 self-defined feminists and 150 of these ideas were randomly selected from the 710 which were contributed. Two other groups of self-defined feminists (total n = 34) conducted an unstructured sort of the ideas and the sort information was analyzed using multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis to produce a concept map. The map which resulted is described and some of the advantages of using this method are considered.