GROUP ACTIVITY

Mechanics:

You will be group into 5 groups, and then you will

identify whether the statement is technical or operational
definition by raising your answer.
1. Guilt is a painful feeling of self-reproach.

OPERATIONAL

2. Thirst is a distressful feeling caused by a desire or need for

water.

TECHNICAL

3. Food is any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or

drink.

OPERATIONAL
4. Food makes us grow bigger and taller.

TECHNICAL

5. Love is an intense feeling of deep affection.

TECHNICAL

6. A stove is used for cooking food.

OPERATIONAL
7. Music makes people feel relaxed.
OPERATIONAL

8. A television is a device that receives television signals and

reproduces them on a screen.
TECHNICAL

9. Scissors are used to cut things.

TECHNICAL

10. A curtain is a piece of cloth intended to block or obscure light,

or drafts.
TECHNICAL
TOPIC: GIVING OPERATIONAL
DEFINITION
WHAT IS OPERATIONAL DEFINITION?

 States and explains the meaning of a word or phrase based

on specific context.

 In terms of research operational definition explains or

describes how the term is applied and measured in the
study.

 Operational definition is generally used by everybody.

OPERATIONAL Definition is generally brief, direct,
simple, and specific. It only answered how something is
used or how certain equipment works.
EXAMPLE:

- The fastest ball is the one that crosses the finish line before
all the other balls.

Why is it an operational definition?

Because it tells how the variable the ball applied in the

situation.
WHY SHOULD WE USE OPERATIONAL DEFINITION?

 Operational definitions put workable meaning into our

everyday terminology.

 To communicate effectively and avoid

misinterpretations, members of a term, data collectors,
and both internal and external customers and suppliers
or a certain group must use the same operational
definitions for the same concept.
 Misunderstandings waste time; but worse, they add
variation to your process. Consequently, it is vitally
important to develop operational especially if you are
doing research.

We need an operational definition because we can`t measure

anything without one, no matter how good our conceptual
definition might be.
DIFFERENCES OF TECHNICAL AND
OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS.

TECHNICAL DEFINITION OPERATIONAL DEFINITION

ABSTRACT CONCRETE

CONCEPTUAL CLEAR

THEORETICAL PRECISE

DEFINITION FROM EXPERTS DEFINITION ACCORDING TO

USAGE IN SPECIFIC CONTEXT OR
SITUATION
 ACTIVITY 1: Write O if the definitions are
operational and NO if is not operational.
__1. Self-supporting students are students who work three or more
hours a day to provide their own needs.

__2. Thirst is distressful feeling caused by a desire or need for water.

__3. Guilt refers to the painful facing of self-reproach.

__4. Academic performance refers to te students score in the post-test.

__5. People in the middle class are those whose monthly incomes range
from 200,000-100,000 pesos.
ACTIVITY 2: Write TD if the description refers to
technical definition and OD if it refers to operational
definition.

__1. Tells you what to do and what to observe.

__2. Tells you what the term theoretically means.

__3. Tends to be abstract, conceptual, and theoretical.

__4. Provides concrete and clear definition.

__5. Usually provided by experts.

__6. Score on a stress test provided by the pyschometrician.

__7. The mechanism of a ballpoint pen.

__8. The total weight of the stones, paper, nails, and scissors
as shown by the weighing scale.

__9. Consumer`s booklet on how to use a microwave scale.

__10. Validating variable among possible covid-19 antiviral

injections.