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2125004343 · **on:** Jun 29, 2018

Explain the difference between a constitutive definition of a construct and an operational definition.

Question 2

When a telephone book database is re-arranged so that it is organized by phone number, instead of by last name, this type of database is a type of ______ directory.
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elizabethrperez · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 29, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A constitutive definition defines a construct with other constructs. An example would be defining brand loyalty in terms of a consumer's preference, attitude, or behavioral response to a target brand over time. An operational definition specifies how a construct is to be measured. Thus, it defines or gives meaning to a variable by spelling out what the investigator must to do to measure it.

Answer to Question 2

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