What Does It Mean to Operationalize a Variable

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Multiple Choice

What does it mean to operationalize a variable?

• A)define the variable
• B)measure the variable
• C)create questions that will measure the variable as it has been defined
• D)ask questions about the variable

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Definitions:

Absorption Cost

An accounting method that assigns all manufacturing costs (both fixed and variable) to products, making them fully absorbed into the cost of goods sold.

Fixed Overhead

The portion of a company's fixed costs that are not directly tied to production levels, such as rent and insurance.

LIFO Reserve

The difference between the cost of inventory calculated under the Last-In, First-Out method and the FIFO method.

LIFO

Last-In, First-Out, an inventory management method where the most recently produced or acquired items are sold first.