第五章 测量与概念操作化

Measurement

Key Terms

测量 （Measurement） 概念化（Conceptualization） 操作化（Operationalization） 维度（Dimension）

指标（Indicator） 连续变量 （ Continuous Variables ） 离散变量（ Discrete Variables ） 定类测量 （Nominal Measurement) 定序测量（Ordinal Measurement） 定距测量（Interval Measurement） 定比测量（Ratio Measurement）

Introduction

Measurement means of the real world for the purpose of We could have quantitative measurement and qualitative measurement. However,

Conceptualization and Operationalization It refers to other ideas or constructs. There is no magical way to turn a construct into a precise conceptual definition. is the development of specific research procedures that will result in empirical observations representing those concepts in the real world.

Social scientists, then, can measure anything that’s real;

Measurement

Levels of measurement is an abstract but important and widely used idea. It states that some measures are at a higher or more refined level, and others are crude or less precisely specified. Continuous variables have an infinite number of values or attributes that flow along a continuum. The values can be divided into many smaller increments; in mathematical theory, there is an infinite number of increment. A wide range of powerful

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