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Operationalizing is:

A) Designing questionnaires.
B) Translating a problem definition into a research question.
C) Making an abstract concept measurable.
D) Defining difficult concepts in the research proposal.

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Operationalizing is done by looking at the behavioral dimensions,facets,or properties denoted by the concept.These are then translated into observable and measurable elements so as to develop an index of measurement of the concept.

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Which of the following answers is a 'concept'?

Operationalizing a concept consists of delineating the reasons,antecedents,consequences,or correlates of the concept.

You cannot measure objects;you measure _____________ of objects.

Attributes of objects that can be physically measured by some calibrated instruments pose no measurement problems.

Operationalizing a variable precedes defining a variable.

Objects include:

Reduction of abstract concepts to render them measurable in a tangible way is called operationalizing the concepts.

The construct 'hunger' is a typical example of a construct that must be operationalized because it is an abstract and subjective concept.

A variable or construct must always be directly observable.

Examples of characteristics of objects are:

Measurement is the assignment of numbers or other symbols to characteristics of objects according to a pre-specified set of rules.