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work operationally is a reflex action base on work

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Operationalization was an extremely important term in my first year university sociology class. In my own words, operationalization is determining how a concept; a word with an idea, will be measured. It is crucial to the research process. Researchers need to know what makes something what it is and how they would recognize something if they saw it.

Operationalization is easiest to understand in an example. The following is an example of a research question: Are children happy in kindergarten?

In order to collect data a researcher would need to operationalize the term "happy". They need to know what to look for and what qualifies as happy. For example, a child smiling can be a sign of happiness, while a child crying, screaming or isolating his/herself could be a sign of unhappiness. A researcher would have to establish this criteria before gathering their data.

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