A researcher decides to use income as a measure of social class position. Which of the following processes is this researcher engaging in?
A) operationalization
B) reactivity
C) grounded theory
D) instrumentation

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Operationalization is the process of defining a fuzzy concept so as to make the concept measurable and to understand it in terms of empirical observations. In this case, the researcher is operationalizing the concept of "social class position" by choosing to measure it in terms of income.

A Researcher Decides to Use Income as a Measure of Social