Operationalisation

Question 1

What does operationalising consist of?

Answer 1

Define indicators and measures of the concept studied

Question 2

What are the 2 types of concepts in research?

Answer 2

1. Definitive concepts
2. Sensitising concepts

Question 3

What characterises definitive concepts?

Answer 3

Quantifiable, fixed

Question 4

What characterises sensitising concepts?

Answer 4

Open-ended, context-dependent

• the meaning depends on the context

Question 5

What characterises measures?

Answer 5

They provide numbers describing variation on the variable of interest

Question 6

What characterises indicators?

Answer 6

They give us insight on a concept and a variable that can’t be reduced solely to numbers