You are conducting research on the effects of a grief support group on adults' coping with the death of a loved one. You decide that you will measure ability to cope by observing behavior in the group, by asking the research subjects to keep a log rating their emotions at the end of each day, and by asking them survey items about coping strategies, activities engaged in, and other measures of coping. What component of research is this?
A) operationalizing
B) conceptualizing
C) preexperimental design
D) sampling

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Operationalizing involves defining how you will measure a concept or variable in your study, which is what is being done by observing behavior, keeping logs, and using surveys to measure coping.

You Are Conducting Research on the Effects of a Grief