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.
(Measures) Operational Definition. The term operational definition refers to a precise statement of how a conceptual variable is turned into a measured variable. Research can only proceed once an adequate operational defi nition has been defi ned. In some cases the conceptual variable may be too vague to be operationalized, and in other cases the variable cannot be operationalized because the appropriate technology has not been developed.