Sociology 2206A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Theoretical Definition, Operationalization, Collectively Exhaustive Events
22 Oct 2018
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The mental process of developing clear and precise meaning for abstract ideas or concepts. Providing a specific and tentative definition for an abstract idea or concept. Tailoring your concept to fit your research interest (modification) The ability of individuals or groups to move within a social hierarchy with changes in income, education, occupation, etc. Assigning numbers or labels to units of analysis in order to represent conceptual properties. Direct observables things we can observe rather simply and directly indirect observables things that require more subtle, complex or indirect observations. Requiring concrete indicators that help us to observe (ex. Relationship among the values assigned to the attributed for a variable. Helps to interpret the data of a particular variable. A variable whose attributes only have the characteristics of being jointly exhaustive and mutually exclusive, that is, the attributes are merely different from each other. The measurement requirement that each case can be placed in only one of a variable.
