Georgia has always been drawn to the saying "Absence makes the heart grow fonder," and she decides to incorporate this saying into her research project. Georgia is trying to define absence in a way that can be empirically tested. She is attempting to find an appropriate __________.

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Georgia is trying to operationalize the abstract concept of absence into a measurable variable so she can test the hypothesis that absence makes the heart grow fonder. Therefore, she needs an operationalization, which is a way to measure or quantify an abstract concept. The other options, hypothesis, double-blind study, and theory, are not applicable in this context.

Georgia Has Always Been Drawn to the Saying "Absence Makes