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An operational definition
 a. defines a construct with other constructs
  b. defines a construct by assigning numbers to different quantities of a characteristic
  c. specifies how a construct is measured
  d. directs the development of a constitutive definition

Question 2

As sample size ______ , random sampling error ______.
 a. increases; increases
  b. decreases; decreases
  c. increases; decreases
  d. increase; remains unchanged



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Answer to Question 1

C
An operational definition defines or gives meaning to a variable by spelling out what the investigator must do to measure it.

Answer to Question 2

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