If Jose's study measures religiosity by the number of hours people spend in organized religious activities,while Deidra's study measures religiosity by whether people agree or disagree that religion plays an important part in their life,Jose and Deidra:
A) will not be able to compare their research findings.
B) operationalize their concepts of religion differently.
C) have different hypotheses about the role of religion in their study.
D) have very different independent and dependent variables.

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Jose and Deidra are operationalizing their concept of religion differently, with Jose measuring it in terms of hours spent in organized activities and Deidra measuring it in terms of personal importance. This means that they may be measuring different aspects of religion and their findings may not be directly comparable.

If Jose's Study Measures Religiosity by the Number of Hours