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:Before writing the survey instrumentquestionnaire, one needs to ''operationalize'' the construct—or identify the strategy for measuring the construct. Constructs are often operationalized as ''proxy measures,'' using peripheral indicators that suggest the presence or 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 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 "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.

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:The construct '''A person's interest in editing Wikipedia''' can be operationalized with the proxy measures of their "behaviors" and "attitudes" around editing Wikipedia.

:The following survey question objectives can be developed withand theseused inwhen mindwriting survey questions:

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

:::(1) editing behaviors

:::(2) intentions to edit