Research Article

Using Self-Organizing Neural Network Map Combined with Ward’s Clustering Algorithm for Visualization of Students’ Cognitive Structural Models about Aliveness Concept

Table 7

Inputs for training the SOM-Ward Model.

StudentsMonera, protists, and
funguses
PlantsInvertebratesFishesAmphibiansReptilesBirdsWild mammalsDomestic mammalsHuman

S460.000.000.000.004.003.007.009.005.6010.00
S470.004.330.000.000.000.006.005.679.500.00
S480.003.000.000.000.006.003.005.170.009.00
S496.009.000.000.000.000.004.003.505.5010.00
S500.005.330.000.000.000.000.005.257.008.00