Chapter 8

GROUP TWO

SUMMARY CHAPTER 8: MEASUREMENT OF VARIABLES,:OPERATIONAL DEFINITION AND SCALES.

Variables measurement, object can be physically measured by some calibrated pose no measurement problems. Other measurement can be done like checking your company records to get some information , e g absenteeism/performance of employees in terms of the number of products produced or reject per month. Operational definition, dimensions and elements. Defining a concept to render it measureable is by looking at the behavioral dimension, facets, denoted by the concept.
Scales is a tool by which individual are distinguished as to how they differ from one another on the variables of interest to the study. Nominal scale allows the researcher to assign subjects to certain categories, ordinal scale not only categorize the variables in such a way as to denote difference among the various categories. Interval scale is use to perform certain arithmetical operation on the data collected from respondent