When comparing a qualitative and a quantitative approaches to measurement, operationalization in the qualitative approach involves
A) more of an "after-the-fact" description based on what was observed in the data than based on a preplanned idea.
B) a researcher taking a carefully developed theoretical definition and developing specific empirical indicators of it for use when later gathering data.
C) a process that comes after careful conceptualization; operationalization never comes before careful conceptualization in qualitative research.
D) There is no difference between qualitative and quantitative operationalization.
E) There is no operationalization in qualitative research.
A
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