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194 MEASUREMENT OF VARIABLES: OPERATIONAL DEFINITION AND SCALES

EXERCISES

Exercise 8.1 Schematically depict the operational definition of the concept of stress and develop 10
questions that would measure stress.

Exercise 8.2 Schematically depict the operational definition of the concept of enriched job and develop
12 items to measure it.
Exercise 8.3 Suggest two variables that would be natural candidates for nominal scales, and set up
mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive categories for each.

Exercise 8.4 Develop an ordinal scale for consumer preferences for different brands of beer.

Exercise 8.5 Measure any three variables on an interval scale.

Exercise 8.6 Example 8.2 lists 14 items directed toward tapping achievement motivation. Take items 6
to 9 and item 14, and use an interval scale to measure them. Reword the questions if you
wish, without changing their meaning.

Exercise 8.7 Mention one variable for each of the four scales in the context of a market survey, and
explain how or why it would fit into the scale.

Exercise 8.8 Attempt to delineate the dimensions and elements of the concept “intangible assets” of an
organization.

Exercise 8.9 Try to delineate the dimensions of the concept of waging war in the context of the pre-
sent political environment.