operationalization

Examples of operationalization in the following topics:

• Defining the Problem

  • Given that sociology deals with topics that are often difficult to measure, this generally involves operationalizing relevant terms.
  • By operationalizing a variable of the concept, all researchers can collect data in a systematic or replicable manner.
  • But we can operationalize intelligence in various ways.
  • In most cases, the way we choose to operationalize variables can be contested; few operational definitions are perfect.
  • This video discusses what it means to operationalize a variable using the example of "good health. "

• Structural equivalence

  • Structural equivalence is easy to grasp (though it can be operationalized in a number of ways) because it is very specific: two actors must be exactly substitutable in order to be structurally equivalent.

• Summary

  • The structural equivalence concept aims to operationalize the notion that actors may have identical or nearly identical positions in a network -- and hence be directly "substitutable" for one another.

• Introduction to finding equivalence sets

  • The rule of defining a 1 block when each actor in one partition has a relationship with any actor in the other partition is a way of operationalizing the notion that the actors in the first set are equivalent if they are connected to equivalent actors (i.e. actors in the other partition), without requiring (or prohibiting) that they be tied to the same other actors, or the same number of actors in another partition.

• The Scientific Method

  • Measurements demand the use of operational definitions of relevant quantities (a.k.a. operationalization).
  • In short, to operationalize a variable means creating an operational definition for a concept someone intends to measure.