Definitions for operationalization
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1. operationalizationnoun

   The act or process of operationalizing.

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1. Operationalization

   In research design, especially in psychology, social sciences, life sciences and physics, operationalization or operationalisation is a process of defining the measurement of a phenomenon which is not directly measurable, though its existence is inferred by other phenomena. Operationalization thus defines a fuzzy concept so as to make it clearly distinguishable, measurable, and understandable by empirical observation. In a broader sense, it defines the extension of a concept—describing what is and is not an instance of that concept. For example, in medicine, the phenomenon of health might be operationalized by one or more indicators like body mass index or tobacco smoking. As another example, in visual processing the presence of a certain object in the environment could be inferred by measuring specific features of the light it reflects. In these examples, the phenomena are difficult to directly observe and measure because they are general/abstract (as in the example of health) or they are latent (as in the example of the object). Operationalization helps infer the existence, and some elements of the extension, of the phenomena of interest by means of some observable and measurable effects they have. Sometimes multiple or competing alternative operationalizations for the same phenomenon are available. Repeating the analysis with one operationalization after the other can determine whether the results are affected by different operationalizations. This is called checking robustness. If the results are (substantially) unchanged, the results are said to be robust against certain alternative operationalizations of the checked variables. The concept of operationalization was first presented by the British physicist N. R. Campbell in his 'Physics: The Elements' (Cambridge, 1920). This concept spread to humanities and social sciences. It remains in use in physics.

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1. Operationalization

   In research design, especially in psychology and other social sciences, operationalization is the specification of empirical indicators of a latent phenomenon that is not directly measurable, but its existence is indicated by other phenomena. For example, in medicine, the phenomenon of health might be operationalized by one or more indicators like body mass index or tobacco smoking. Similarly, some latent natural phenomena can be measured with different indicators. The concept of operationalization emerged in philosophy of science for development of scientific methods. It was first presented by the British physicist N. R. Campbell in his 'Physics: The Elements'. This concept next spread to humanities and social sciences. In social science and humanities, operationalization is the process of defining a fuzzy concept so as to make the theoretical concept clearly distinguishable or measurable and to understand it in terms of empirical observations. In a wider sense, it refers to the process of specifying the extension of a concept—describing what is and is not a part of that concept.

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   The numerical value of operationalization in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

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   The numerical value of operationalization in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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