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:'''A person's interest to edit Wikipedia''' is a good example of a construct. Interest cannot be measured with a ruler or weight scale. It is a combination of qualities in a person that need to be assessed through some other measuring tool, like a ''survey instrument.'' However, before we get to the survey instrument, we need to ''operationalize'' the construct.

:'''Example:''' ''A person's interest to edit Wikipedia''

:Interest cannot be measured with a ruler or scale. It is a combination of qualities in a person that need to be assessed through some other measuring tool, like a ''survey instrument.'' However, before we get to the survey instrument, we need to ''operationalize'' the construct.