Template:Operationalize Dependent Variable(s)

Operationalize Dependent Variable(s)

Description

• Operationalization refers to the process of developing indicators or items for measuring these (abstract) constructs.
• Operationalize through levels of measurement (= rating scales: refer to the values that an indicator can take).

Levels of measurement:

statistical properties of rating scales

• nominal scale
• ordinal scale
• interval scale
• ratio scale
• binary scale
• Likert scale
• semantic differential scale
• Guttman scale

Further Readings

[1] Bhattacherjee, A. (2012). "Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices", Textbooks Collection. 3. Available at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/oa_textbooks/3

Create Research Design

Description

Survey:

collect self-reported data of people standardized questionnaire or interview

Simulation:

state a hypothesis imitate some real process or action to prove your hypothesis suitable for observing correlation between variables

Laboratory Experiment:

independent variables are manipulated by the researcher (as treatments) subjects are randomly assigned to treatment results of the treatments are observed

Field Experiment:

conducted in field settings, e.g. real organization rare, because of the difficulties associated with manipulating treatments and controlling for extraneous effects in a field setting

Further Readings

[1] Myers, M. D. (2009). “Qualitative Research in Business and Management”, SAGE Publications: Auckland, New Zealand.

[2] Bhattacherjee, A. (2012). "Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices", Textbooks Collection. 3.Available at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/oa_textbooks/3