Design a descriptive study to measure political party affiliation to answer the following questions. 14. How would you operationally define political ANSWER: party affiliation? Be very specific and detailed in the answer options and/or how the data would be collected. 15. For the variable you listed above, identify its ANSWER: scale of measurement (nominal, ordinal, or scale). Justify your answer. 16. What type of descriptive research method ANSWER: (observational, case study, or survey) would be best based on your operational definition? Provide your rationale. 17. How could you assess the predictive validity ANSWER: of your measure