SOWK 2501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Postpositivism, Face Validity
19 Jan 2017
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Can be unspecific and non-measurable or specific and measurable. Definition: a specific and measurable concept that can vary and take on different values or attributes. Why should we describe the variable: correspondence. Making the link between the theory guiding our research and what we are measuring: standardization. Development of a specific standized" method for measuring a variable: quantification. Measurement of the variable must produce a score in the form of a number: duplication. Measurement of a variable in a standardized way to permit other researchers to. Measures variable whose attributes are different in kind. Measures variable whose attributes can be rank ordered. For variable whose attributes have an inherent order and equal spacing. For variable whose attributes have an inherent order, equal spacing and are based on a true zero point. Attributes: the different categories that are used to describe the variable; aka value label . Different in kind, means attributes differ in that they represent different kinds of things.
