Response to Heridanie Ramirez’s Post

Hello Heridanie,

According to your post, from the article “Basic Research Concepts, Part 1: Variables Data and Subjects”, operationalization has been defined as the process of conceptualizing a notion or factor in a manner that allows for its quantitative evaluation. According to the same article, using such a phrase is crucial to the study of research since it represents the first stage in developing a research technique. I agree with your post that a variable is anything that can have more than one interpretation, suggesting that it is malleable and open to alteration. Also, I agree that independent variables are the variables that are changed to see their influence on other variables, while dependent variables are studied to determine whether or not a given independent variable impacts them (Bhandari, 2022). Based on your report, subjects are persons who take part in a research project. Sampling is the method used to choose which individuals will participate in research; in other words, it describes how the participants for a study are selected. The sampling techniques discussed in your post are random sampling and non-probability sampling. According to your post, you would conclude that based on your research question of whether birth order affects the development of family interpersonal relationships, a relationship can be observed between the variables. Besides, for this research question, you can see the relationship between birth order and the relationship between parents and also siblings

References

Bhandari, P. (2022, October 17). Independent vs. dependent variables: Definition & examples. Scribbr. Retrieved October 29, 2022, from https://www.scribbr.com/methodology/independent-and-dependent-variables/