Many fields avoid the problem of defining time itself by using operational definitions that specify the units of measurement that quantify time.
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Over the years, the book methodological proposals have been confirmed as effective operational definitions, and have been widely adopted in literary criticism terminology.
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His philosophy of science book " The Logic of Modern Physics " ( 1927 ) advocated operationalism and coined the term operational definition.
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Operational definitions solve the problem of what is not directly observable by connecting unobservable traits or experiences to things that can be observed.
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That is, these ideas flowed from operational definitions of measurement coupled with the experimental confirmation of the constancy of the speed of light.
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In 1848, he extended the Carnot Clapeyron theory still further through his dissatisfaction that the gas thermometer provided only an operational definition of temperature.
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As a reaction to such operational definitions, Cronbach and Meehl ( 1955 ) emphasized the necessity of viewing constructs like intelligence as hypothetical constructs.
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Clearly, the inclusion of the moment when one can start reading the numbers on the scale would make it more fully an operational definition.
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An operational definition of a coastline or the slant area of a mountainside or cliff might be defined via a specified spline mathematically applied.
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Thus, a breakthrough in science was achieved by disregarding different operational definitions of scientific measurements and realizing that they both described a single theoretical concept.
