Shantae is doing an experiment on how anxious people will feel if they are told that they did not do well on an intelligence test. She asks her participants to rate how nervous, upset, and anxious they feel on a scale from 1 (not at all)to 7 (very). Participant's scores on the scale are a(n)

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The scores on the scale represent an operational definition of anxiety because they provide a specific, measurable way to assess the abstract concept of anxiety in the experiment.

Shantae Is Doing an Experiment on How Anxious People Will