No season eight for Rules of Engagement. The cancellation doesnât come as a surprise. The ratings have been down this year and a couple of the actors had been cast in other projects.
The specific way in which a variable is measured in a particular study is called the operational definition. It is critical to operationally define a variable in order to lend credibility to the methodology and to ensure the reproducibility of the results. Another study may measure the same variable differently.
5 - 2. Operational Definitions. An essential component of an operational definition is measurement. A simple and accurate definition of. measurement is the assignment of numbers to a variable in which we are interested. These numbers will. provide the raw material for our statistical analysis.