POLS 3650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Agame, Operationalization, Missing Data

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3650
• Professor: Edward Koning

Document Summary

Overview: operationalization issues, levels of measurement, qualitative and quantitative variables, dichotomous (or binary) variables, continuous and discrete variables, compiling a dataset. Operationalization: recall discussion of operationalization identifying unit of analysis, indicators, and possible values (or attributes) Strongly disagree, disagree, neither agree nor disagree, agree, strongly agree. Level of measurement: four possible levels of measurement, the level of measurement has large consequences for the calculations we can meaningfully conduct. Ratio: level of measurement is a property of the operationalized indicator, not of the abstract. X concept: higher levels of measurement tend to be preferred because they allow for more opportunities for data analysis, however, the level of measurement should first and foremost make logical sense in light of your research question. At the end of each nhl match, 3 players are singled out as the best performers of the game the best players receives 3 stars, the second-best receives 2 stars, and the third-best receives 1 star.