Johan provides clinicians with a measure of empathy and allows them to listen to a recording of a client. He then measures the degree to which each clinician perceived key elements of the client's narrative in order to examine the relationship between empathy and listening skills. Which step of the scientific method does this scenario best fit?

A. testing the study hypothesis
B. formulating a research question
C. developing the hypothesis
D. drawing conclusions


Answer: A

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