Question

Dr. han is examining the impact of parental separation on student academic performance. dr. han defines parental separation as no contact between the child and parent for a period of 6 months or more. academic performance is being measured using students' grade point average and end-of-year grades. dr. han believes that if the children have experienced parental separation that they will perform poorly in school. there are _______ operational definitions used in this study.

Answer 1

This is two operational definition used in this study. The first one is the definition of parental separation and the second would be the definition given to academic performance. Operational Definition is defining the meaning of a term or a set of terms in the context of the study, and how it shall be used.