Throughout the process of conceptualizing manifest- and latent-content coding procedures, the operational definition of any variable is composed of the attributes included in it. Such attributes, moreover, should be _____.

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A. This is an incorrect answer because the operational definition of any variable is composed of the attributes included in it. Such attributes, moreover, should be mutually exclusive and exhaustive. For example, a newspaper editorial should not be described as both liberal and conservative, although we should probably allow for some to be middle-of-the-road. It may be sufficient to code TV programs as being violent or not violent, but it is also possible that some programs could be antiviolence.
B. This is an incorrect answer because the operational definition of any variable is composed of the attributes included in it. Such attributes, moreover, should be mutually exclusive and exhaustive. For example, a newspaper editorial should not be described as both liberal and conservative, although we should probably allow for some to be middle-of-the-road. It may be sufficient to code TV programs as being violent or not violent, but it is also possible that some programs could be antiviolence.
C. This is an incorrect answer because the operational definition of any variable is composed of the attributes included in it. Such attributes, moreover, should be mutually exclusive and exhaustive. For example, a newspaper editorial should not be described as both liberal and conservative, although we should probably allow for some to be middle-of-the-road. It may be sufficient to code TV programs as being violent or not violent, but it is also possible that some programs could be antiviolence.
D. The correct answer is "D" because the operational definition of any variable is composed of the attributes included in it. Such attributes, moreover, should be mutually exclusive and exhaustive. For example, a newspaper editorial should not be described as both liberal and conservative, although we should probably allow for some to be middle-of-the-road. It may be sufficient to code TV programs as being violent or not violent, but it is also possible that some programs could be antiviolence.

Throughout the Process of Conceptualizing Manifest- and Latent-Content Coding Procedures