Conceptual vs Operational Variables

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Describe the difference between a conceptual and an operational variable?  Select a variable of interest to you and define it using these two ways.  Review table 3.2 in the textbook before you respond. What is the relationship between operational definitions and measurement? Why are these descriptions important?

Gray, J.R. & Grove, S. K., (2021). Burns and Grove’s the practice of nursing research: Appraisal, synthesis, and generation of evidence (9th ed.). St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders