If you were conducting an experiment examining the impact of sleep deprivation on physical ability, which of the following would be an appropriate operational definition of sleep deprivation?
A) being without sleep for more than 24 hours
B) getting more than 8 hours of sleep the night before the study
C) participants' self-reported amount of sleep the night before
D) the average amount of sleep Americans get in a given night

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An operational definition specifies the exact procedures used to measure a variable. "Being without sleep for more than 24 hours" is a clear, measurable condition that defines sleep deprivation for the experiment.

If You Were Conducting an Experiment Examining the Impact of Sleep