GATE 2025 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 39

Research Methods and Statistics · Designing Research: Research problems, purpose statement, variables and operational definitions, hypothesis, sampling · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Specific description of a variable that allows it to be measured is called:

Experimental
Designing a study
Operationalization
Conceptualization

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Correct answer: (C) Operationalization

Explanation

Operationalisation is stating exactly how a variable will be measured or manipulated, for example defining anxiety by a score on a particular scale.