What Do Longitudinal Designs Do

question 36

Multiple Choice

What do longitudinal designs do?

• A)study children on the verge of a developmental change to examine the processes that produce changes
• B)compare groups of children who are of different ages on the same variable
• C)follow the same children over a period of time
• D)use random assignment

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