SOCI 217 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Face Validity, Fineness, Operationalization
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Process of coming to an agreement about what concepts mean and represent. Process of deciding how we will measure concepts within a study. Sign of presence or absence of concept we"re studying. E. g. attending religious service might be considered an indicator of religiosity. E. g. there is a social dimension of religiosity and a private dimension of religiosity. Different indicators capture these different dimensions of the concept. Specifies how a concept will be understood or defined for the purpose of one"s research. E. g. for the purpose of this study, trust will be defined as the trait of believing in the honestly and reliability of others. Specifies how concept will be measured for the purpose of one"s research. E. g. for the purpose of this study, trust will be measured based on whether an individual would leave her wallet unattended or not. Fineness of distinctions made between attributes composing a variable. How reflective is measure of actual attribute of variable.
