Sociology 2206A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Face Validity, Operationalization, Consistency
11 Apr 2016
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Concept an idea expressed as a symbol or in words. Quantitative researchers are far more concerned about details around measurement issues than qualitative researchers. A person or family is said to be in poverty if their family income is below the. Lico for their family size and geographic location. We use measurement in precise, well developed measures, as well as in everyday life. Measurement also extends are senses (using a microscope or thermometer) Measurement helps people observe what is otherwise invisible. Difficult to get a precise measure of a social concept, because different people have different ways of defining things. The two approaches to measurement have two distinctions: 1. Quantitative researchers think about variables and convert them into specific actions during a planning stage that occurs before and is separate from fathering or analyzing data. Measurement for qualitative researchers occurs during the data collection process: 2. Quantitative researchers develop techniques that can provide data in the form of numbers.
