PLS 170 Lecture : Book Notes Chap 1.docx
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Unclear and difficult to empirically answer: concrete questions are questions explained using tangible properties and are answered empirically, conceptual definition describes clearly the concept"s measurable properties and specifies the units of analysis to which the concept applies, ex. Question of liberal represents measurable characteristics, but it also varies because it asks whether some people are more liberal than others: to start a concept make a list of conceptual definitions of polar opposites of a concept, but make sure they are measurable, a conceptual definition must communicate three things, the variation within a measurable characteristic or set of characteristics, the subjects or groups to which the concept applies, how the characteristic is to be measured, here"s a template: the concept of _____ is defined as the extent to which ______ exhibits the characteristics of ______, unit of analysis the entity (person, city, country, county, university, state, etc.
