Some women use fennel for increasing the flow of breast milk, promoting menstruation, easing the birthing process, and increasing sex drive. Fennel powder is used as a poultice for snakebites. In foods and beverages, fennel oil is used as a flavoring agent.
Assignment 2: Conceptual and Operational Definitions. This assignment will require you to provide a hypothetical quantitative research question and. then conceptually and operationally define the variables within the question. A Conceptual Definition is a critical element to the research process and involves scientifically. defining a specific concept (also known as a variable), or construct, so it can be systematically. measured. The conceptual definition is considered to be the (scientific) text book definition. The. construct must then be operationally defined to model the conceptual definition. An Operational Definition is the actual method, tool, or technique which indicates how the. concept will be measured (see Figures below).
Concepts and Constructs The basic building blocks of theories are concepts. A concept is a verbal abstraction drawn fromobservation of a number of specific cases. The critical term here is âobservedâ, because it means thatthere is a direct link between the concept (the abstraction) and its referents (the reality).