A few members of the research team that will be working on this initiative reported they would appreciate a refresher on the key operationalization concepts pertinent for formulating good research ideas. As the administrator and head of the research team, you volunteered to teach this important concept to your team members.

To make good on your promise, develop a PowerPoint presentation (with speaker notes) that explains the following operationalization concepts:

• Range of variation
• Variation between extremes
• Dimensions

References:

Variables, operationalization

Allen, M. (2017). Variables, operationalization in The SAGE encyclopedia of communication research methods (Vols. 1-4). SAGE Publications, Inc.

Foundations

Loseke, D. (2017). 2 foundations. In Methodological thinking: Basic principles of social research design (pp. 17-34). SAGE Publications.

Read Chapter 2: "Foundations"

Variable operationalization

Babones, S. J. (2014). Variable operationalization. In Methods for quantitative macro-comparative research (pp. 51-76). SAGE Publications, Inc.