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2. Wellesley College Child Care Policy Research Partnership: Operational
Definition of Unmet Need
1. Standard of comparison to judge the adequacy of neighborhood services: the
median availability of services in the larger region (Hampden County).
2. Thus, our definition of unmet need: the difference between the care available in
the neighborhood and the median level of care in the surrounding region (stated
in terms of child care slots indexed to the age-appropriate child population—
“slots-per-tots”).

3. Operational Definitions of Acids and Bases
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1. An acid is any substance that increases the concentration of the H ion when it
dissolves in water.
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2. A base is any substance that increases the concentration of the OH ion when it
dissolves in water.

4. Operational Definition of “Intelligence”
1. Administer the Stanford-Binet IQ test to a person and score the result. The
person’s intelligence is the score on the test.

5. Operational Definition of “Dark Blue Carpet”
A carpet will be deemed to be dark blue if
1. Judged by an inspector medically certified as having passed the U.S. Air Force
test for color-blindness
2. It matches the PANTONE color card 7462 C when both carpet and card are
illuminated by GE “cool white” fluorescent tubes
3. Card and carpet are viewed at a distance between 16 inches and 24 inches.

How to Conduct Attribute Inspection Studies
Some commonly used approaches to attribute inspection analysis are shown in Table
19.

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