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QUESTION 7

1. In Pager’s study of the impact of criminal record on employment opportunity, what type of operational definition did she use to measure “employment opportunity”?

   	a.	manipulation operations
   	b.	verbal report
   	c.	observation
   	d.	archival records

10 points   

QUESTION 8

1. In selecting or creating an operational definition of a concept, the textbook suggests all of the following guidelines except

   	a.	carefully consider the theory in which the concept is embedded.
   	b.	use more than one indicator to measure complex concepts.
   	c.	select an operational definition that captures the meaning of the concept.
   	d.	use quantitative measures whenever possible.

10 points   

QUESTION 9

1. A variable’s level of measurement indicates the

   	a.	number of questions used to measure the variable.
   	b.	number of variable categories.
   	c.	kinds of comparisons that can be made between cases in different variable categories.
   	d.	degree of correspondence between conceptual and operational definitions.

Answer 1