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:ConstructsA areconstruct is typically made up of phenomena forthat whichare wenot cannot measuremeasurable in the physical world. TheyConstructs represent ideas and concepts (i.e. attitudes, beliefs, etc.) about how the the world works. Since wethese phenomena cannot sensebe physically sensed (i.e. seeseen, hear, touchheard, or heartouched) these phenomena, we must develop tools as strategies for measuring human perceptions of these ideas and concepts.

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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.''