(Scenario I) Let's say you are skeptical of the results of this study. You set out to replicate it to determine for yourself whether group therapy improves self-awareness in individuals with a TBI. Since you don't have access to any of the instruments the authors used to measure self-awareness, you decide to measure it by simply asking participants how they see themselves. In doing this, you have changed:
A) the research design.
B) the levels of your independent variable.
C) the operational definition of your dependent variable.
D) the way in which you will analyze the results.

Question

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Changing the method of measuring self-awareness from the original study's instruments to simply asking participants how they see themselves alters the operational definition of the dependent variable, which in this case is self-awareness.

(Scenario I) Let's Say You Are Skeptical of the Results