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Positivist sociology
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the study of sociology based on systematic observation of social behaviour b
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concept
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a mental construct that represents some part of the world in a simplified form
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variable
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a concept whose value changes from case to case
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measurement
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a procedure for determining the value of a variable in a specific case
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operationalize a variable
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specifying exactly what is to be measured before assigning a value to a variable
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reliability
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consistency in measurement
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validity
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actually measuring exactly what you intended to measure
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cause and effect
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a relationship in which change in a variable causes change in another
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