Which Age-Related Design Could Be Described as Potentially Cumbersome and Time-Consuming,but

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which age-related design could be described as potentially cumbersome and time-consuming,but tends not to suffer from confounds (e.g.,of age and time,and selection bias) that plague other age-related designs?

• A) cross-sectional
• B) longitudinal
• C) time-lag
• D) cross-sequential

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