Discuss the four types of equivalence and their importance to social research
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lexicon
- consistency in language/communication context across cultures and time
- importance to keep from misinterpretation
conceptual
- consistency in concepts across time and cultures
- importance to keep from misinterpretation context
- same event across time and culture
- importance to keep from misunderstanding
- may not be able to interpret across cultures measurement
- cannot always use same measurement tool across cultures
- a survey might not be appropriate or relevant across cultures.
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