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CJ 302 Research Methods
Ch. 5.1 Concepts, Operationalization, and measurement
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Criminal Justice
Undergraduate 3
06/16/2014

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Conception

 

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A subjective thought about things we encounter in daily life.
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Concepts

Definition
Words or symbols in language that we use to represent mental images
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Conceptualization

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The mental process of making imprecise notions(concepts) more specific and precise
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Dimension

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some specifiable aspect of a concept
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Conceptional definition

Definition
a working definition specifically assigned to a term
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Operational definition

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specifying what operations should be performed to measure a concept
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Exhaustive

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every attribute must be included
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Mutually exclusive

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no overlap of categories
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Nominal

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variables whose attributes have only the characteristics of exhaustiveness and mutual exclusiveness
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Ordinal

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variable whose attributes may be logically rank-ordered
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Interval

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When the distence that separates attributes has meaning
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Ratio

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meets all of the requirements of the previous types of measure; the attributes that compose a variable are based on a true zero point
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Explain what the process of conceptualization and operationalization means


Definition
first we will conceptualize or clarify what our concept is and what our observation strategy is. next we will operationalize or specify what we will oberve, how we will do it, and how we will analyze our observations
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What are the four levels of measurements`

Definition
  1. Nominal
  2. Ordinal
  3. Interval
  4. Ratio
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give an example of a nominal answer

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"yes or no"
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Give an example of a ordinal answer

Definition

1 star

2 star

3 star

4 star

5 star

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give an example of an interval answer

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A 100 - 90%

B 89 - 80%

C 79 - 70%

D 69 - 60%

etc.

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give an example of a ratio answer

Definition

Income:

0 - 500

501- 1000

1001 - 1500

etc. 

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