POLI 399 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Stipulative Definition, Operational Definition, Scientific Method
24 Oct 2016
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Poli 399 concepts and theories september 26, 2016. Concept a universal descriptive word that refers directly or indirectly to something that is observable. Universal descriptive words refer to a class of phenomena. Particular descriptive words refer to a particular instance of that class. When we talk about empirical political concepts, there are almost always abstract. Real definition the characteristics of something (used in. Nominal definition means naming (literally naming a concept and what it is) a(cid:374)d (cid:374)a(cid:373)i(cid:374)g the details of (cid:449)hat it is (cid:449)e"re looki(cid:374)g for. Operational definition how to find what the nominal definition is looking for, how to assess these things (a much more specific version of a nominal definition). Clarity you need to be very clear, everything must be explicit, not implicit. Precision we need to be clear about what. Non-circular a defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374) (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:374)eedlessl(cid:455) e(cid:454)plai(cid:374) a (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ept i(cid:374) differe(cid:374)t ways.
