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We are going to conduct a study on the effects of crime on people's attitudes toward certain issues such as gun control. Our working hypothesis is that high levels of crime increase peoples fear which in turn influences their attitudes toward gun control legislation. In this scenario fear would be considered

a. an operationalized construct
b. an operational definition
c. a concept
d. a measurement

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In the sentence presented it seems to be a concept or part of the concept. Broken down: attitudes toward gun control legislation are the dependent ...

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