Regarding Their Research on Weight Loss, Conlon and His Colleagues

question 752

Multiple Choice

Regarding their research on weight loss, Conlon and his colleagues weighed the participants on a standard digital scale at the beginning of the weight-loss period and once every week until the program ended.This exact procedure being used to represent the participants' weights is referred to as the

• A) ​operational definition.
• B) ​tentative theory.
• C) ​null hypothesis.
• D) ​contingent reinforcer.

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