Do not submit Exercise 6 at this time. Duplicate the format of the assignment page in an electronic file if you will be submitting your response by e-mail. In this assignment, you are to develop an instrument that will enable you to operationalize a construct . An operationalization is a concrete means of measuring an abstract construct. Next, you have to decide whether you are interested in participants' attitudes or beliefs.
Beliefs are what people hold to be true, or what they believe to be facts .
State your topic in terms of a research question . Then, state a testable research hypothesis . Note that your research hypothesis tells you what kind of data you need to collect. Your next step is to decide whether you want to gather your data by means of an interview or a survey questionnaire. Keep in mind that an interview is more labor-intensive so it will mean data from fewer participants.