a. Explain the term "operational definition" as used in scientific experiments:
Give an example of a potential operational definition to be used with the following hypothesis:
Hypothesis A: The addition of retinoic acid during the differentiation of NSC34 stimulates the growth of neurites.
Operational definition - An operational definition is how the researcher decide to measure the variables in a study. It is a detailed explanation of the technical terms and measurements.
In Hypothesis A, let us see the operational definition for 'Neurite' and the final outcome i.e 'Neurite growth'
'Neurite' is defined as any projection from the body of a nerve cell whether an axon or a dendrite .
'Neurite growth' is present when there is increase in the neurite length by a minimum of 1 millimetre.
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