For example:
Hypothesis: A person in need will be helped more if he/she isattractive.
conceptual independent variable: attractiveness
operational definition of indepdenent variable: make one girlpreety and make other girl ugly
conceptual dependent variable: how much somone ishelped
operational definition of dependent variable: number of peoplewho stop to help.
PROBLEM
hypothesis: A research team in university hospital wasinterested in using relaxation to reduce the pain symptoms ofpatients receiving chemotherapy. some patients recived four 2 hourtraining sesssions on breathing exercises, while the control groupreceived no training. the amount of pain medication that patientsrequested was measured to see if the two groupsdiffered?
conceptual independent variable:
operational definition of indepdenent variable:
conceptual dependent variable:
operational definition of dependent variable: