Ali Is a Graduate Student Who Is Designing a Study

question 95

Multiple Choice

Ali is a graduate student who is designing a study to examine the impact of weather on mood. Which of the following would be an appropriate operational definition of her dependent variable?

• A) number of rainy days compared with number of sunny days across the study period
• B) average daily temperature measured in Fahrenheit
• C) participants' ratings on a self-report mood scale
• D) a background measure of how happy participants are prior to participation

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