FSN 707 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Theoretical Definition, Content Validity, Dependent And Independent Variables
3 Nov 2014
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Qualitative measurement- use a wide variety of techniques to measure. Quantitative researchers- think about variables and convert them into specific actions during a planning stage that occurs before and is separate from gathering/ analyzing data. Develop techniques that produce quantitative data in the form of numbers. Data for qualitative researchers can be in the form of written/ spoken words, symbols, actions, sounds, physical objects or visual images. Qualitative- concepts can develop during data collection issue. Ways of measuring concepts developed in the process of data collection in response to what they encounter. Both qualitative and quantitative researchers use two processes: 1 conceptualization taking a concept and refining it, by giving it conceptual or theoretical definition. Developing clear ssystematic conceptual definitions for abstract ideas or concepts. 2 operationalization- links a conceptual definition to a specific set of measurement techniques/ procedures. Conceptual hypothesis- hypothesis in which the researcher expresses variables in abstract.
