Lorenzo's hypothesis suggests that the more religious a teenager is, the less likely they are to have sexual intercourse before marriage. Lorenzo measures religiosity by the number of times a week a person prays and sexual experience by the number of sexual partners that a person has had. By turning these abstract concepts into something measureable, Lorenzo is involved in:
A) operationalizing
B) theorizing
C) hypothesizing
D) triangulation

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Lorenzo is turning abstract concepts (religiosity and sexual experience) into something that can be measured, which is called operationalizing.

Lorenzo's Hypothesis Suggests That the More Religious a Teenager Is