Professor Washington is conducting research on rates of recidivism after release from prison. He has defined one type of offender as "career criminals", who have committed at least two crimes a year for the past ten years for the purposes of his research. He has _____________ this concept?
a. operationalized.
b. described.
c. theorized.
d. defined.
e. interacted upon.
A
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A) effect size conventions B) mean difference conventions C) Cohen's conventions D) both A and C
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