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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Definitions:

Impermeable

Incapable of being passed through or penetrated, often used to describe materials that liquids or gases cannot permeate.

Right Lymphatic Duct

A major lymphatic vessel that drains lymph from the right upper limb, right side of the thorax, and the right halves of the head and neck into the bloodstream.

Thoracic Duct

The largest lymphatic vessel in the human body, which drains lymph into the bloodstream from the lower and left side of the body.

Lumbar Trunk

A term typically used to describe the part of the body that includes the lower spine and surrounding region.