SOC221H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Theoretical Definition, Operationalization, Operational Definition
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Both qualt & quant researches use careful, systematic methods to gather high-quality data. Yet, differences in the styles of research & the types of data mean that they approach the measurement process differently. Designing precise ways to measure variables is a vital step in planning a study for quant researchers. Qualt researchers use a wider variety of techniques to measure. Differences b/w the 2 types: timing: quant think about variables and convert them into specific actions during a planning stage that occurs before and is separate from gathering or analyzing data. Measurement for qualt researchers occurs in the data-collection process: data itself : quant researchers develop techniques that can produce quant data (i. e data in the form of. Thus, the researcher moves from abstract ideas to specific data-collection techniques to precise numerical info produced by the techniques. The num info is an empirical representation of the abstract ideas.
