Deck 11: Measurement of Variables: Operational Definition

Question 1

Operationalizing is making a variable measurable.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What is the operationalization of a variable?

A)The definition of a variable.
B)An overview of the subcomponents of a variable.
C)The characteristics of a variable about which consensus exists between theoreticians.
D)The way in which variables are rendered measurable.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Army rank (such as soldier,corporal,sergeant,lieutenant etcetera)is a variable with an ordinal scale.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The operationalization of a construct means that there must be looked for as many related correlations,dimensions and elements of the construct as possible.

Question 5

A sport shooter shoots from a distance of 10 meter 10 times on a cardboard.On this board the middle circle with 12 points has the highest value,and the outer circle with 1 point the lowest.Shooting next to the board yields 0 points.For every 10 shots the points are counted up to a total score.What scale has this total score if the shooter hits the board every time?

A)Nominal.
B)Ordinal.
C)Interval.
D)Ratio.

Question 6

With which scale can we,for describing central tendency,determine the mode and the median,but not the mean?

A)A nominal scale.
B)An ordinal scale.
C)An interval scale.
D)A ratio scale.

Question 7

Temperature is a variable with an interval scale.

Question 8

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

Question 9

The difference between an ordinal and ratio scale is that the ordinal scale has an absolute zero point.

Question 10

A nominal scale is always dichotomous.

Question 11

Operationalizing precedes the definition of a variable.