What Is the Best Way to Operationally Define Study Outcome

Multiple Choice

What is the best way to operationally define study outcome for an integrative literature review?

A) Make subjective evaluations of study outcome.
B) Classify studies as either supporting or not supporting the hypothesis being investigated.
C) Use multiple outcome categories to classify studies as to the degree to which the results support the hypothesis being investigated.
D) Estimate the size of the effect the independent variable had on the dependent variable.