A doctor decides to develop a measure of "hallucination proneness" based on whether the samples of schizophrenic and bipolar disorder patients responded differently to certain questions. The doctor would be using the __________ approach to scale development.

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The empirical approach to scale development involves creating measures based on observable and measurable evidence, such as differences in responses between groups (e.g., schizophrenic vs. bipolar disorder patients), rather than on theory alone.

A Doctor Decides to Develop a Measure of "Hallucination Proneness