FRHD 3070 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Theoretical Definition, Serval, Consistency

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3070
• Professor: John Dwyer

Document Summary

Multiple indicators- many procedures or instruments that indicates or provide evidence of the presence or level of a variable using empirical evidence. Researcher use the combination of serval indicators together to measure a variable. Conceptualization- process of developing clear rigorous, systematic conceptual definitions for abstract ideas or concepts. Conceptual definition- careful systematic definition of a construct that is explicitly written to clarify ones thinking. Often linked to other concepts or other theoretical statements. Operationalization- process of moving from the conceptual definition of a concept to a set of specific activities or measures that allow a researcher to observe it empirically. Operational def. - definition of a variable in terms of the specific activates to measure or indicate it with empirical evidence. Conceptual hypothesis-type of hypothesis in which researcher expresses variables in abstract, conceptual terms &expresses the relationship among variables in a theoretical way.