Abstract
One of modern practical theology's task is what so-called descriptive-empirical task. In this sense practical theology does require an empirical approach for her reflection. Therefore practical theologians should have sufficient skills in using methods of field research. Traditionally qualitative methods have been known more among theologians. And in the same time some people suspect that quantitative methods are not suitable and cannot explain any theological problems. Some others concern and think that quantitative methods only work deductively and it is against the tradition of theology from below which normally works inductively. This essay would like to show how quantitative methods can work within theological field and give theologians an alternative approach when they want to empirically understand particular religious community. Obviously we realise that social sciences such as sociology and social psychology have developed quantitative methods in their researches for long time. In the spirit of interdisciplinary approach we owe them some explanations in running particular quantitative analyses.
Highlights
One of modern practical theology’s task is what so-called descriptive-empirical task
In this sense practical theology does require an empirical approach for her reflection
in the same time some people suspect that quantitative methods are
Summary
Di atas telah dijelaskan bahwa dalam proses operasionalisasi seorang peneliti akan menerjemahkan teori yang telah dirumuskan dalam model konsep penelitian ke dalam alat ukur yang diharapkan dapat mengungkapkan realitas dan praksis suatu komunitas. Alat ukur atau kuesioner tersebut harus mendalam, valid, dan dapat diandalkan berdasarkan teori-teori yang digunakan, tetapi sekaligus juga mampu dipahami dengan baik oleh para responden yang akan menjawabnya. Bagaimana proses operasionalisasi konsep dapat merepresentasikan makna yang otentik dan keunikan dari tindakan dan perkataan orang-orang dalam suatu komunitas Proses operasionalisasi teori mengaitkan tiga unsur utama yang penting, yaitu: teori/konsep, sistem empiris, dan sistem numerik Teori atau konsep harus dikomunikasikan ke dalam sistem empiris di mana pengetahuan, pemahaman perkataan, dan tindakan suatu komunitas religius terintegrasi dalam praktik. Pada saat yang bersamaan sistem numerik yang digunakan oleh metode kuantitatif dalam teologi praktis juga harus terkait dengan sistem empiris. Huber menggambarkan relasi ketiga unsur yang disebutkan di atas sebagai berikut
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