Tina Is Conducting a Nonexperimental Research Study

question 101

Multiple Choice

Tina is conducting a nonexperimental research study. She is following a group of students born in 2005 through school and collecting data on their academic achievement each year. She will report on the patterns she sees in the data. Tina's study can be described as a:

• A) Cross-sectional, descriptive study
• B) Cross-sectional, predictive study
• C) Longitudinal, explanatory study
• D) Longitudinal, descriptive study.

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