SOCIOL 2JJ3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Operationalization, Dependent And Independent Variables, Social Class
31 Jan 2020
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Conceptualization, operationalization, and measurement jan 21, 23. Conceptualization: conceptualization: the process of coming to an agreement about what concepts mean and represent with regards to social and physical reality or . Indicators can be classified depending on their dimension: dimension: a specifiable aspect or facet of a concept, religiosity may have several dimensions: ritual, belief, devotional. Operationalization choices: defining variables and attributes, two necessary characteristics of a variable, 1. The attributes linked to a variable should be exhaustive: has to be an option for everybody, 2. Attributes should be mutually exclusive: one option. Levels of measurement: remember - n o i r. Levels of measurement: nominal (gender, discrete categories, variables whose attributes are only jointly exhaustive and mutually exclusive. Levels of measurement: letter grades ordinal, if percentage it would be ratio, number of clients second cup had within the past two months, ratio, lutheran, anglican, mormon, baptist, nominal, attitudes toward the death sentence, ordinal.
