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Chapter 12 – Measurement of Variables: Operational Definition
- Somebody’s response to a questionnaire item about the number of people working in an organization is:
- A direct observable.
- An indirect observable.
- A construct.
- A measure.
- A(n) _______________ definition tells you what a concept means, a(n) ______________ definition how it is measured.
- Conceptual, operational
- Operational, construct
- Guiding, conceptual
- Construct, operational
- A(n) _______________ definition of thirst might relate to "the quantity of fluids that a person drinks".
- Conceptual
- Guiding
- Construct
- Operational
- An example of a construct with more than one ____________ is aggression. Aggression has at least two ____________: verbal aggression and physical aggression.
- Construct(s)
- Dimension(s)
- Element(s)
- Frame(s)
5. Objects include:
a. Restaurants, persons, and shopping enjoyment.
b. Shops, tooth paste, and service quality.
c. Persons, industries, and countries.
d. Strategic Business Units, cars, and job satisfaction.
6. Reduction of abstract concepts to render them measurable in a tangible way is called coding.
a. T
b. F
7. You cannot measure objects; you measure _____________ of objects.
a. Dimensions and elements.
b. Attributes.
c. Dimensions.
d. Elements.
8. Which of the following variables has to be operationalized?
a. Age.
b. Work Unit.
c. Hunger.
d. None of the above.
9. Which of the following answers is a ‘construct’?
a. Thirst.
b. Achievement motivation.
c. Happiness.
d. All of the above.
10. What is the operationalization of a variable?
a. The definition of a variable.
b. An overview of the subcomponents of a variable.
c. The characteristics of a variable about which consensus exists between theoreticians.
d. The way in which variables are rendered measurable.
11. Operationalizing precedes the definition of a variable.
a. T
b. F
12. Which of the following answers is a ‘construct’?
a. The number of people present at a birthday party.
b. Gender.
c. Job satisfaction.
d. Hair color.
13. The operationalization of a construct means that there must be looked for as many related correlations, dimensions and elements of the construct as possible.
a. T
b. F
14. The construct ‘hunger’ is a typical example of a construct that must be operationalized because it is an abstract and subjective concept.
a. T
b. F
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