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These is glossary of research key terms. This glossary is intended as an aid to professionals and non-professionals who find the world of research somewhat intimidating. While it is impossible to cover all the terms that can be confusing, this document briefly defines some of the more common terms and concepts.

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Operational definition
1. The procedures or operations used to observe or measure a specific concept. Operationalisation is the process of translating specific research concepts into observable phenomena that are measurable. 2. a specific, precise statement of a concept (variable) in terms of the operations used to measure and categorize observations. For example the operational definition for gender could be the choice selected by a person answering the question "What is your gender ___(1) female ____(2) male" or in secondary analysis the operational definition of crimes could be the number of crimes reported by official agencies (police, sheriff) of a county in their annual report.
 


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