No season eight for Rules of Engagement. The cancellation doesnât come as a surprise. The ratings have been down this year and a couple of the actors had been cast in other projects.
The specific way in which a variable is measured in a particular study is called the operational definition. It is critical to operationally define a variable in order to lend credibility to the methodology and to ensure the reproducibility of the results. Another study may measure the same variable differently.
â¢ Independent variable (manipulated): â¢ Dependent variable (responding): â¢ Constant variables: Operational Definition One of the important decisions a scientist must make is to determine how measurement of the variable will be made. The method used to measure the dependent variable is called an operational definition.