Operational definition
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What does it mean?
An operational definition states which observation, procedure or measurement will represent a concept in a study.
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An everyday example
You define “travel burden” as average daily door-to-campus minutes over the last five teaching days.
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Different studies can operationalize the same concept differently.
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Sources and further reading
Explore the foundations and methodological details in these resources. Examples on this page were created for illustration.
- OpenStax Source in EnglishAnalyzing Findings