True Longitudinal Analysis

question 16

Multiple Choice

True longitudinal analysis

• A) is concerned with the determination of cause-and-effect relationships.
• B) can be performed on any panel.
• C) involves a one-time cross-sectional sample of elements from the population of interest.
• D) is simply a fact-gathering study.
• E) can only be performed using panels that rely on repeated measurements of the same variables.

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