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:Before writing the survey instrumentquestionnaire, one needs to ''operationalize'' the construct—or makeidentify the constructstrategy measurablefor measuring the construct. Constructs are often operationalized with aas ''proxy measuremeasures,'' or ausing dataperipheral indicatorindicators that tellssuggest usthe somethingpresence aboutor absence of the underlying construct. These are typically someonea person's perception of the phenomenon or measures of a related phenomenon.

:''If this is confusing, the example at the bottom might be helpful. But, let's continue...''

:Surveys are one of these proxy measures because they do not measure a phenomenon directly; instead, they obtain information about the phenomena through the perceptions of the survey respondents. These perceptions could be either observations of others or observations of oneself, which is also known as a self-report.

:Surveys are one of these "proxy measures" because they do not measure a phenomenon directly; instead, they obtain information about the phenomena through the perceptions of the survey respondents. These perceptions could be either observations of others or observations of oneself, which is also known as a self-report.

:The proxy measures that result from an operationalized construct allows the development of '''survey objectives''', like in the example below.

:The proxy measures that result from anoperationalizing operationalizedconstructs constructlead allowsto the development of '''survey objectives''', like in the example below.

:'''Example'''

::The construct '''A person's interest in editing Wikipedia''' can be operationalized with the proxy measuremeasures of their "behaviorbehaviors" and "attitudeattitudes" around editing Wikipedia.

:The following survey question objectives can be developed withand theseused inwhen writing survey mindquestions:

:::ToThe question objective is to understand a person's ''interest'' to edit Wikipedia viain terms of their:

:::(1) editing behaviors

:::(1) their recent behavior in editing

:::(2) theirintentions attitudesto towards editingedit