Priscilla Wants to Design a Study That Will Let Her

Multiple Choice

Priscilla wants to design a study that will let her look at whether people with high self-esteem are more likely to leave an unsatisfying relationship than those with low self-esteem.The only problem is that she can't look inside people's heads to see their degree of self-esteem.What should be her first step?

A) Create an operational definition that translates the abstract concept of self-esteem into something observable and measurable.
B) Find an assessment instrument that has already been used extensively by other researchers.
C) Find someone who has already studied self-esteem to work with.
D) Choose another topic.