For a research project about vacation practices, Sam will look at the influence of a person's income on his or her vacation destination. He proposes that the higher the income, the more luxurious the accommodation choice will be. Which of the following terms best describes "the person's income"?
A)a variable
B)a hypothesis
C) a theory
D) an operational definition

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"The person's income" is a variable, which is the characteristic being studied or measured in the research project. A hypothesis is a tentative statement about the relationship between variables, a theory is a broad explanation for a phenomenon, and an operational definition is a clear and specific definition of how variables will be measured in the study.

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