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:Before writing the survey instrument, one needs to ''operationalize'' the construct—or make the construct measurable. InConstructs surveys, a construct isare often operationalized with a proxy measure. A '''proxy measure''' isor ana data indicator that cantells describeus asomething relatedabout the construct. These are typically someone's perception of the phenomenon or perceptionsmeasures of thea related phenomenon.

:Surveys are one of these proxy measures because they do not measure a phenomenaphenomenon 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.

:AnThe proxy measures that result from an operationalized construct allows 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 measure of "behavior" and "attitude" around editing Wikipedia. The following survey question objectives can be developed with these in mind:

:::MeasureTo understand a person's ''interest'' to edit Wikipedia via

:::(1) their recent behavior in editing

:::(2) their attitudes towards editing

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