Question

Item 65Item 65 Jim, a psychiatrist, develops a method to study mood swings in individuals. He asks individuals to describe the frequency and intensity of their mood swings and rate them on a scale of 1 to 10. He wants to develop a treatment plan according to the average outcomes of the frequency and the intensity of mood swings. In this scenario, Jim is trying to ________ the variable "mood swing."

Answer 1

Answer:

Item 65Item 65 Jim, a psychiatrist, develops a method to study mood swings in individuals. He asks individuals to describe the frequency and intensity of their mood swings and rate them on a scale of 1 to 10. He wants to develop a treatment plan according to the average outcomes of the frequency and the intensity of mood swings. In this scenario, Jim is trying to operationalize the variable "mood swing."

Explanation:

There is no as such explanation of the given scenario as it is just a fill in the blank as according to the scenario, Jim  asks individuals to describe the frequency and intensity of their mood swings and rate them on a scale of 1 to 10. He wants to develop a treatment plan according to the average outcomes of the frequency and the intensity of mood swings. In this scenario, Jim is trying to operationalize the variable "mood swing."

Answer 2

ANSWER: OPERATIONALIZE the variable.

EXPLANATION:

OPERATIONALIZATION refers to the process where by specific variable are defined and measured based on their function in a study/experiment.

However, to operationalize a variable in a study, a paradigm (theoretical framework) is used by researcher to create a concept through the process of conceptualization.

Definitions are made to back up the study, in other to remove any error or any doubt of the readers during accessing the study.

Thus, based on Jim's study. He defined the frequency and the intensity of the mood swings (as the two variables) for better understanding by the individuals.