SOC200H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Likert Scale, Level Of Measurement, Stipulative Definition
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Soc200 week three october 6th, 2016. Jay walking is not deviant but is criminal. A specific body has created to define what is appropriate behaviour. Rebellion, violent, location, victimization, severity, injury/loss, law, visibility. Process of describing what we mean when we use particular terms ex. Produces an agreed upon meaning for a concept for the purposes of research. Indicator: a sign of the presence or absence of a concept. What makes up the actual construct or concept. Don"t need to visible, but they need to be accessible (cid:523)research wise(cid:524) Doesn"t need to be physical, but it needs to be observable some how. Dimension = belief, ritual, devotion, knowledge indicator = how many times an individual participates in worship; how well versed an individual is in religious texts. The specification of concepts in scientific inquiry depends on nominal and operational definitions.
