Establishing a practical coding scheme computationally measure concept maps

This paper presents a systematic method and coding scheme to convert concept maps into bi-partite graphs that can be computationally evaluated for topological complexity measurements. The coding scheme is focused on splitting concepts with multiple elements embedded and linking these objectively. The guidance for this is established and the method presented with examples. The motivation for this work is to establish a means to objectively compare concept maps generated by individuals at the beginning and the end of an intervention to measure the impact of the intervention. The reliability of the coding scheme is presented in separate work.