do you understand this sentence?

To be honest, no, I don't really understand it. It sounds like it's from some very specialized field of study.

Are you really measuring a set of questions? In what way? To see if they are good questions? That's a bit confusing.

I don't know why attitudes is in quotes.

"latent variable factors"? I'm trying to imagine what sorts of things these are. B

I think there is a problem with which can be measured as observable items modifying questions.

Perhaps you mean something more like:

Since “attitudes” are latent variable factors, my research is directed towards developing a set of concrete questions,

MyShirleySince “attitudes” are latent variable factors, my research is directed towards a set of questions which can be measured as observable items

Do you understand the sentence? is it correct?I took Shirley's intended meaning this way:

Because "attitudes" potentially depend on personal views, the questions for my research are confined to quantitativel

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00E.g.:My research is directed towards developing a set of concrete questions, the answers to which 00are confined to measurable items00 and firmly correlated with specific attitudes being investigated. 0-

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0I agree with CJ on the first version. I also think it's difficult to know the precise meaning of the second version without a more elaborate explanation of your intended meaning.0-

0 The second version seems more clear, yes. Still, why 01i00concrete02i00 questions? It seems an unnecessary word. Likewise with 01i00firmly02i00 correlated. Why not just 01i00correlated02i00? And a point that's still not clear is what it means for answers to be confined to measurable items. Do you mean the questions are