Thaddeus is a graduate student in a health psychology program. He decides that for his dissertation project he is going to replicate one of his advisor's studies, but extend the original hypothesis. Instead of just investigating the role of exercise on risk for heart disease, he wants to examine how much exercise is optimally beneficial. To do so, he examines quantity and intensity of the exercise. Which of the following strategies is Thaddeus using to develop a good hypothesis?

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Thaddeus is using the strategy of "a matter of degree" by examining the quantity and intensity of exercise to determine the optimal amount for reducing risk for heart disease. This is an extension of the original hypothesis that exercise reduces the risk for heart disease.

Thaddeus Is a Graduate Student in a Health Psychology Program