Author Question: An operational definition specifies the meaning of a variable in terms a. of the methods that are ... (Read 43 times)

oliviahorn72 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

An operational definition specifies the meaning of a variable in terms

a. of the methods that are used in measuring or manipulating that variable.
b. that are agreed upon by all of the major researchers in the area of research.
c. that are quantitative and statistically derived.
d. of the historical discoveries throughout all of science.

Question 2

Researchers use the __________ approach to determine if changes in an independent variable cause differences in a dependent variable.

a. correlational
b. descriptive
c. survey
d. experimental