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Concept Explication

Concept Explication. Research Concepts. Research concepts Terms and labels used to organize our everyday experiences and communicate with others Require careful explicit definitions Critical for classification and comparison Determines what we measure and analyze

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Concept Explication

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  1. Concept Explication

  2. Research Concepts • Research concepts • Terms and labels used to organize our everyday experiences and communicate with others • Require careful explicit definitions • Critical for classification and comparison • Determines what we measure and analyze • What do we mean when we want to study… • Prejudice, Participation, or Patriotism

  3. Types of Concepts • Singular: denote particular objects • Ex. George Bush, NYC, UW-Madison • Class: collections of singular concepts • Ex. Politicians, cities, universities • Variables: possess some differentiating dimension • Ex.Honesty, volunteerism, size • Relational: make connections between concepts • Ex. Decreasing, negatively associated, greater than • Meta-concept: complex concept with numerous dimensions • Ex. Democracy - value-laden and emotionally held

  4. Criteria for Good Concepts • Abstractness • Distanced from particular object • Generalize from one object to another • Operationalizability • Can be observed and assessed • Other can replicate the observation • Precision/Clarity in meaning • Communicateconcept and relationships • Technical language must be clear

  5. Concept Explication • The process by which abstract concepts are systematically linked to observed variations in those concepts in the real world • Conceptual definitions • Essential properties the researcher intends to be included within the concepts meaning • Operational definitions • Procedures by which the concept is to be observed, measured, or manipulated

  6. Two Stages in Process • Meaning analysis • deductive process • process of developing interrelated conceptual and operational definitions • Empirical analysis • inductive process • process of evaluating definitions on the basis of empirical evidence (observations)

  7. Meaning Analysis • Logical procedures used to clearly connect conceptual and operational definitions • Six steps in this stage of explication • Preliminary identification of concept • Literature review about concept • Empirical description of concept • Develop tentative conceptual definition • Develop tentative operational definition • Data gathering

  8. Concepts, Dimensions, Indicators

  9. Reconstructing Concept Definitions

  10. Theory Construction • Theory: An organized explanation of some recurrent phenomena of research interest • Convey a sense of understanding • Reasoning behind the explanation is logical • Theory: A collection of statements asserting a relationship between two or more concepts as they vary among a class of objects • Dependent and independent variables • Hypotheses of relationships between variables

  11. Relationship Between Theory and Research

  12. Group Discussion • Engage in a concept explication of “informational Internet use” or “socially conscious consumption” • Define the concept • Discuss its dimensions • Outline key indicators • Offer a theory about your concept • What will it be related to? • How will it be related?

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