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attribute
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A component or characteristic of a concept
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background concept
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The broad constellation of meanings and understandings associated with the concept (Adcock & Collier, 2001, p. 531)
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concept
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Abstract ideas which form the building blocks of theories (Clark et al., 2021, p. 150)
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conceptualization
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Formulating a systematized concept through reasoning about the background concept, in light of the goals of research (Adcock & Collier, 2001, p. 531)
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measurement
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Refers to the selection of a measure or variable
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reliability
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Refers to the extent to which repeated measurement produces the same results
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systematized concept
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A specific formulation of a concept used by a given scholar or group of scholars; commonly involves an explicit definition (Adcock & Collier, 2001, p. 531)
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validity
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The extent to which the measure (variable) you choose genuinely represents the concept in question. The word comes from the Latin word “validus” which means “strong”
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variable
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An element of a conceptual component which varies. We also call these “measures”
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