Operational Definitions In Candace's study of the effect of facial piercing on hiring decisions, she instructed subjects to rate job candidates, with and without facial piercings, on a scale from 1 (reject) to 7 (hire immediately).This scale, along with her instructions, constituted the ____ of the dependent variable.
A)experimental operational definition
B)hypothetical operational definition
C)independent operational definition
D)measured operational definition

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The measured operational definition refers to the specific measures or scales used to assess the dependent variable in an experiment. In this case, the scale from 1 to 7 used to rate job candidates constitutes the measured operational definition of the dependent variable (the effect of facial piercing on hiring decisions). The other options are not relevant to the description provided.

Operational Definitions in Candace's Study of the Effect of Facial