SOCI 217 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Content Validity, Construct Validity, Stipulative Definition
Week 4- measurement
Midterm
• 20 m/c
• definitions
o answer 2 of 5
• 2 short answers
o ethics
o research design
• up to h 4 exept for ethis, do’t eed to ko studies etioed i the hapters
• know tear trade study and milligram
concepts and measurements
• nominal definition
o speifies ho a oept ill e uderstood or defied for the purpose of oe’s
research
• operational definition
o speifies ho a oept ill get easured for the purpose of oe’s researh
o trust- measured based on an individual would leave their wall unattended or not
• any one measure might not do a good job, may add to it
• conceptualize -> nominal definition -> operational definition -> measurements in the
real world
Definitions
• nomothetic explanation
o identity a few factors for a phenomenon
• induction
o observe first then come up with a theory
• individual fallacy
o when you attribute something of a group to an individual
• often there are many indicators
quality of measurements
• 1. Precision
o fineness of distinction made between attributes composing a variable
o more precise is generally better
o age in number is more precise than saying like young adult
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