Assignment 4: Operational Measures of the IV and DV
NAME:
I. Operational Definitions
Directions:
Using GSS Codebook, provide an operational definition of your independent and dependent variable. An operational definition is how you use GSS to define your IV and DV. You can watch this video for more information: You need to identify the specific question (or questions) that you will be using, the responses, and think about the measurements (values) for the questions. Remember, the questions are proxies (i.e., ways for you to observe) the concepts behind your IV and DV. Detailed explanations are extremely important here.
Independent Variable
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The survey question(s) I am using for my independent variable is…
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It is defined in GSS as… (put the entire question here)
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Based on this, the operational definition of my independent variable is…(Here you should look at the possible responses and explain how they are used to observe your IV. You should also make note of which responses you will exclude from your dataset).
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This is a good definition because… (here you are providing the logic as to how the conceptual definition of your IV from your theory can be observed using the question and responses from the survey question).
Dependent Variable
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The survey question(s) I am using for my dependent variable is…
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It is defined in GSS as… (put the entire question here)
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Based on this, the operational definition of my dependent variable is…(Here you should look at the possible responses and explain how they are used to observe your IV. You should also make note of which responses you will exclude from your dataset).
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This is a good definition because… (here you are providing the logic as to how the conceptual definition of your DV from your theory can be observed using the question and responses from the survey question).
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