Why Would You Choose to Design a Longitudinal Study Rather

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Multiple Choice

Why would you choose to design a longitudinal study rather than to conduct an experiment?

• A) We can have greater control of participant variables in longitudinal studies.
• B) Some relationship factors cannot be manipulated in experiments.
• C) Longitudinal studies are less time intensive than experiments.
• D) Longitudinal studies allow us to make stronger causal claims than experimental studies.

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Confidence Interval Estimate

A range of values derived from sample statistics that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter, with a specified level of confidence.

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