Dr Kiwanis Is Conducting a Longitudinal Study on the Development

question 237

Multiple Choice

Dr. Kiwanis is conducting a longitudinal study on the development of empathy in children. He samples children each year as they age but has found that, each year, his sample size is getting smaller because families are dropping out of the study. This is called

• A) termination.
• B) cohort effects.
• C) attrition.
• D) infant determinism.

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