Regarding their research on weight loss, Conlon and his colleagues weighed the participants on a standard digital scale at the beginning of the weight-loss period and once every week until the program ended. This exact procedure being used to represent the participants' weights is referred to as a(n)

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An operational definition specifies the exact procedures used to measure a variable, in this case, the procedure used to measure participants' weights during the weight loss study.

Regarding Their Research on Weight Loss, Conlon and His Colleagues