A team of automotive safety researchers is conducting a simulator-based study to investigate the impact of three different dashboard control interfaces (touchscreen, physical buttons, and gesture control) on driver distraction.
Before starting their observations, the researchers need to operationalise the variable 'driver distraction'.
Explain what is meant by the term 'operationalisation' and suggest two distinct, objective ways in which 'driver distraction' could be operationalised in this study.
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