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operacionalizar

English translation: operationalize

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Spanish term or phrase:operacionalizar
English translation:operationalize
Entered by: Lydianette Soza

23:46 Apr 7, 2016
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Mathematics & Statistics / Statistical information
Spanish term or phrase: operacionalizar
Texto fuente, a continuación:

Dicho indicador está compuesto por dos variables: personas que identifican 2 medidas de prevención y personas que practican al menos 2 medidas de prevención. En base a eso, se procedió a operacionalizar las variables de forma individual, lo que a continuación se detalla:

Al operacionalizar la variable para obtener la medición del Indicador ....

Estoy plenamente consciente que el verbo operacionalizar, por lo que he leído, existe en inglés pero creo que sonaría un tanto raro al dejarlo de la siguiente manera:

At the moment of operationalising the variable to measure the indicator ....

Más bien pensaba en "implement/apply"

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Lydianette Soza
Belize
Local time: 19:13
operationalize
Explanation:
Since this is a text on statistics, I'd use the same word in English, which has a specific meaning in this context.

In research design, especially in psychology, social sciences, life sciences, and physics, operationalization is a process of defining the measurement of a phenomenon that is not directly measurable, though its existence is indicated by other phenomena. It is the process of defining a fuzzy concept so as to make the theoretical concept clearly distinguishable or measurable, and to understand it in terms of empirical observations. In a wider sense, it refers to the process of specifying the extension of a concept—describing what is and is not a part of that concept. For example, in medicine, the phenomenon of health might be operationalized by one or more indicators like body mass index or tobacco smoking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operationalization

Operationalization is the process of strictly defining variables into measurable factors. The process defines fuzzy concepts and allows them to be measured, empirically and quantitatively.
For experimental research, where interval or ratio measurements are used, the scales are usually well defined and strict.
Operationalization also sets down exact definitions of each variable, increasing the quality of the results, and improving the robustness of the design.
https://explorable.com/operationalization

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Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 19:13
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5operationalize
Robert Carter
4implement
Julio Bereciartu
4By making the variable operational
Francois Boye


  

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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
implement


Explanation:
Otra opción.

Julio Bereciartu
Venezuela
Local time: 21:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
operationalize


Explanation:
Since this is a text on statistics, I'd use the same word in English, which has a specific meaning in this context.

In research design, especially in psychology, social sciences, life sciences, and physics, operationalization is a process of defining the measurement of a phenomenon that is not directly measurable, though its existence is indicated by other phenomena. It is the process of defining a fuzzy concept so as to make the theoretical concept clearly distinguishable or measurable, and to understand it in terms of empirical observations. In a wider sense, it refers to the process of specifying the extension of a concept—describing what is and is not a part of that concept. For example, in medicine, the phenomenon of health might be operationalized by one or more indicators like body mass index or tobacco smoking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operationalization

Operationalization is the process of strictly defining variables into measurable factors. The process defines fuzzy concepts and allows them to be measured, empirically and quantitatively.
For experimental research, where interval or ratio measurements are used, the scales are usually well defined and strict.
Operationalization also sets down exact definitions of each variable, increasing the quality of the results, and improving the robustness of the design.
https://explorable.com/operationalization



Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 19:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  lorenab23: Apples to apples :-)
34 mins
  -> Thanks, Lorena :)
agree  Alicia Orfalian: Right you are, I have learnt a new word today.
1 hr
  -> Me too, Alicia, I'd never come across "operacionalizar" before, so I just wondered if it might be a little more specific than what was being suggested. Thank you!
agree  DLyons: Say how you'll go about measuring something.
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Donal.
agree  neilmac: [Expletive deleted] horrible word... even changing the "z" to "s" fails to cosmetically shield one's gaze from its unsightliness...
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Neil :-)
agree  Charles Davis: Like Neil I find myself wanting to handle this word at arm's length while holding my nose, but that's what they say, apparently. And it's no worse that countless others.
11 hrs
  -> My guess is that these words surface as a result of a lack of imagination on the part of those in the field, but there clearly is a need for its specificity. Thanks, Charles.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
By making the variable operational


Explanation:
my take

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http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/management/7148...

Francois Boye
United States
Local time: 21:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 72
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