Professor Hardy Has Spent the Last Decade Conducting a Study

question 89

Multiple Choice

Professor Hardy has spent the last decade conducting a study of the effects of early childhood "wellness" programs on subsequent delinquency. Every year, researchers visit participating families and collect a variety of data. Over the course of ten years, many families have moved away and the research staff has been unable to locate them. What problem has Professor Hardy encountered?

• A) cross-sectional distortion
• B) cohort distortion
• C) panel attrition
• D) experimental mortality

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Token Passing

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