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__________ is the extent to which an operational definition measures what it is intended to measure.

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Validity is the extent to which an operational definition measures what it is intended to measure.

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I believe the answer is: validity

In psychology, validity refers to is the extent of correctness that the researchers could put to their claim. A certain conclusion would be considered to be valid if it's already reviewed and tested by other experts in the similar field, and the review ended up in no or small amount of variance/

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