SOCB05H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cople, Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography, Operationalization
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Conceptualization process of specifying what we mean by a term. Operationalization process of specifying the operations that will indicate the specific value of cases on a variable. Measurement a process in which we collect data and classify cases by categories to represent variables. In the past, many have argued that a comprehensive definition of terrorism cannot exist. Specifically, he says that a poor or incomplete definition can lead to a condemnation of a large amount of people. Co(cid:373)ple(cid:454) (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)eptualizatio(cid:374) (cid:894)no it (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) all 3/5 (cid:395)uestio(cid:374)s a(cid:271)o(cid:448)e(cid:895) Overly simple definitions delimit a class of events so broad as to defy valid generalizations about it, it becomes so vague that empirical applicability is negligible. So we have to be very careful in thinking about how our concepts relate to our rq, so we can define them appropriately. Once we define our concepts appropriately, we need to move from conceptualization to.
