Welcome to the Data Analysis Tool!

The Cognitive-Affective Maps Extended Logic software package provides an open-source solution to analyze Cognitive-Affective Map (CAM) data.

Getting Started

For recommendations and workflow guidance on using the Data Analysis Tool, please refer to the online documentation.

What's Included in the App

The Data Analysis Tool supports a full CAM workflow from raw-data import to reporting:

• Import and setup: Upload CAM data and protocol files, run descriptive views, and clean Valence-format data when needed.
• Visualization: Draw and inspect CAMs (R-based graph rendering), including options to review and organize maps.
• Pre-processing modules: Semi-automatic concept summarization with approximate matching, search terms (regex), synonym support, and word2vec-assisted grouping.
• Reliability workflow: Create rater training word lists and compute inter-rater reliability statistics (including Cohen's Kappa variants).
• Analysis modules: Compute network and neighborhood indicators, explore concept-level co-occurrence/valence patterns, and slice CAMs into substructures.
• Outputs and reporting: Generate word lists, word clouds, concept-level summaries, aggregate CAMs, and an APA-style report.

For complete module details, examples, and technical notes, see the full documentation.

Run Locally or Online

You can use the Data Analysis Tool in two ways:

• Local (recommended for speed):
  • Clone or download this repository.
  • Install R and RStudio if needed.
  • Open app.R, install missing packages, and click Run App.
• Online (slower):
  • Open: https://fennapps.shinyapps.io/DataAnalysis/

Need Help?

We’re happy to assist with any additional questions or ideas you may have. We’d love to hear from you! Feel free to reach out:

• 📧 Email us:cam.contact@drawyourminds.de
• 💬 Join our community channel:Support Page

Acknowledgments

This software has been developed by:

• Julius Fenn
• Florian Gouret
• Michael Gorki
• Paul Sölder
• Andrea Kiesel

Cite Our Software

If you use these materials, please cite the article (see CITATION.cff for machine-readable metadata):

Fenn, J., Gouret, F., Gorki, M., Reuter, L., Gros, W., Hüttner, P., & Kiesel, A. (2025). Cognitive-affective maps extended logic: Proposing tools to collect and analyze attitudes and belief systems. Behavior Research Methods, 57(6), 174. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-025-02699-y

BibTeX:

@article{fenn2025camel,
author = {Fenn, Julius and Gouret, Florian and Gorki, Michael and Reuter, Lisa and Gros, Wilhelm and H{\"u}ttner, Paul and Kiesel, Andrea},
title = {Cognitive-affective maps extended logic: Proposing tools to collect and analyze attitudes and belief systems},
journal = {Behavior Research Methods},
year = {2025},
volume = {57},
number = {6},
pages = {174},
doi = {10.3758/s13428-025-02699-y},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-025-02699-y}
}