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Defining Terms: (what is to observed)
- terms must be used consistently
terms refer to concepts. Concepts are either nominal (present the attributes iof a term or concept) or operational (indicate the context in which the concept is employed)
primitive terms and theoretical terms(also called operational constructs) a construct is a concept that represents relationships among things and/or events and their properties.
Beauchamp’s Process of Building Theory
- Formulation of definitions
- Classification of relevant information into homogeneous categories
- Utilization of inductive and deductive processes
- Making of inferences and predictions and testing them
