For His Senior Thesis, Jacob Is Studying the Development of Motor

question 60

Multiple Choice

For his senior thesis, Jacob is studying the development of motor coordination in monkeys from birth to old age, but only has one semester to collect his data. What kind of descriptive research design should he use?

• A) longitudinal
• B) experimental
• C) cross sectional
• D) historical

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Definitions:

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