Learning and Modelling/Quality

The quality of models

We use instruments to evaluate the quality of models. An important question here is, how these instruments can be validated. As a starting-point, we adopt the overview given by Daniel Moody in his paper entitled theoretical and practical issues in evaluating the quality of conceptual models ([1]). The empirical validation of quality instruments can be done using the following approaches:

1. Laboratory experiment.
2. Action research.
3. Field experiment.
4. Survey.
5. Case study.