State University of New York at Farmingdale Research and Design Psychology Paper
- Indicate if the claim is frequency, association, or causal.
- For each claim, state the variable(s) at the conceptual level.
- For each variable, state at the operational level (the operational definition of the conceptual variable)
- Speculate about how it might be operationalized
- What kind of study would be needed to support this claim?
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Headline:
Indicate if the claim is frequency, association, or cause
State each variable(s) at the conceptual level.
State each variable at the operational level (speculate)
What kind of study would be needed?
Example:
1. In an unequal society, feeling richer than others makes you a jerk.
Causal
(Verb is “makes”)
- Feeling richer than others or not
- Being a jerk or not
- Asking people to drive an expensive or cheap car
- Stopping for pedestrian in crosswalk
