Question 1

Operationalizing is making a variable measurable.

Accepted Answer

Operationalizing involves defining a variable in a way that it can be measured. It involves defining the concepts, constructs or variables in measurable terms, and creating an operational definition that specifies how the variable will be measured or observed.

Question 2

What is the operationalization of a variable?&#10;A)The definition of a variable.&#10;B)An overview of the subcomponents of a variable.&#10;C)The characteristics of a variable about which consensus exists between theoreticians.&#10;D)The way in which variables are rendered measurable.

Accepted Answer

Operationalization of a variable refers to the process of defining and measuring a concept or variable in a way that makes it observable and measurable. This involves identifying specific indicators or measures that can be used to represent the variable, and developing a method for collecting data on those measures. Therefore, the best answer is D, which describes the way in which variables are rendered measurable.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Army rank follows a hierarchy and has a clear order of superiority, making it an ordinal scale variable.

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.

Accepted Answer

Operationalization involves defining a construct in practical, measurable terms, not necessarily looking for as many related correlations, dimensions, and elements 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.

Accepted Answer

The scale of the total score is ratio, as it has a true zero point (0 points means the shooter missed the board entirely) and the intervals between different scores are equal (the difference between 10 and 20 points is the same as the difference between 20 and 30 points, etc.).

Question 6

With which scale can we,for describing central tendency,determine the mode and the median,but not the mean?&#10;A)A nominal scale.&#10;B)An ordinal scale.&#10;C)An interval scale.&#10;D)A ratio scale.

Accepted Answer

An ordinal scale is used to rank or order data, but the values do not have a consistent or meaningful numerical interpretation. Therefore, calculating the mean is not possible. However, it is still possible to determine the mode (most frequently occurring value) and the median (middle value).

Question 7

Temperature is a variable with an interval scale.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Temperature is a variable with an interval...

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

Hunger is a psychological and physiological concept that is subjectively experienced by individuals. Therefore, in order to measure it objectively, it must be operationalized, which means defining it clearly and creating a way to measure it.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

The ratio scale has an absolute zero point, while the ordinal scale does not.

Question 10

A nominal scale is always dichotomous.

Accepted Answer

A nominal scale can have more than two categories or groups. It is simply a way to categorize or classify data without any inherent order or value.

Question 11

Operationalizing precedes the definition of a variable.

Accepted Answer

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Deck 11: Measurement of Variables: Operational Definition