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Updated May 2020<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Operational definitions became important in Psychology when psychologists wanted to establish that psychological experimentation is truly scientific in nature. In this blog post, we’ll look at exactly what is an operational definition is and how to do it. This is a common error in IB Psychology IAs. Hopefully after reading this post, students will be able to write excellent operational definitions of their independent and dependent variables.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

What is an operational definition?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We all know that a “definition” is the given meaning of something. The “operational” part means giving the meaning of something as it’s being used in a particular study. So in psychology, an operational definition means defining the variable as it exists in the present study.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>You need to state clearly and very specifically, how you are\u00a0manipulating your IV<\/strong>, and how you are measuring\u00a0your DV?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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