Hannah decides to test whether engineering majors have greater visual-spatial abilities than students with other majors. To measure visual-spatial ability, Hannah times how long it takes each participant to complete a jigsaw puzzle. This is an example of a(n):
A) operational definition.
B) theoretical definition.
C) corollary.
D) hypothesis.

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Hannah's measurement of visual-spatial ability through completion time of a jigsaw puzzle is an operational definition, as it defines the variable in terms of the specific procedure used to measure it.

Hannah Decides to Test Whether Engineering Majors Have Greater Visual-Spatial