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OSWALD

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What is an operational definition? Give an operational definition of intelligence.
 
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Question 2

A football player who knows that his performance will be better if he wears his lucky shirt is using the method of faith.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false



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Answer to Question 1

An operational definition is a definition of a variable in terms of the operations (activities) a researcher uses to measure or manipulate it. Thus, an operational definition of intelligence could be based on one's score on an intelligence test or on one's ability to solve a problem that the researcher has determined requires intellectual ability.

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