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Levels of measurement:
Levels of measurement:
 
* statistical properties of rating scales
statistical properties of rating scales
* nominal scale
* nominal scale
* ordinal scale
* ordinal scale
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* semantic differential scale
* semantic differential scale
* Guttman scale
* Guttman scale
=== Examples ===
=== Examples ===



Latest revision as of 13:32, 20 March 2020

Operationalize Dependent Variable(s)

Description

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  • 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

Examples

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

Examples

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