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A term used by Paul Lazarsfeld (1958) to refer to the different aspects that a concept may assume. Many concepts are regarded as multidimensional in the sense that it may be possible to specify on a priori grounds different components of those concepts. Dimension also refers to the directional spread in a data matrix or a contingency table, such as a row (vector or variable), a column (vector or variable), etc.

Alan Bryman
10.4135/9781412950589.n243

Reference

Lazarsfeld, P. Evidence and inference in social research. Daedalus 87 99–130 (1958).
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