Question

Tamika hypothesizes that women are more helpful than men. she decides to conduct an experiment to see if she's right. during lunchtime, she goes to the crowded food court and deliberately drops her notebook. she then notes whether the person standing closest to her helps her pick up her papers and whether the person is male or female. what is the operational definition of "helpful" in tamika's study?

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: Bending down to pick up the papers

Operational definition refers to a defining term or situation that is used to determine a certain phenomenon. The purpose of operational definition in research is to make people able to distinguish the things that considered as a variable in the research and the things that are not.