One Advantage of the Sequential Design Is That

question 36

Multiple Choice

One advantage of the sequential design is that

• A) researchers can find out whether cohort effects are operating by comparing participants of the same age who were born in different years.
• B) it permits cause-and-effect inferences by studying groups of people differing in age at the same point in time.
• C) it presents participants with a novel task and follows their mastery over a series of closely spaced sessions.
• D) it is especially useful for studying the strategies children use to acquire new knowledge in reading and science.

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Definitions:

Time Series

A sequence of data points collected or recorded at successive points in time, often analyzed to understand trends or patterns.

Cyclical Variation

Fluctuations in statistical or economic data that occur over regular periods due to seasonal, quarterly, or other cyclical patterns.

Deseasonalize

The process of removing seasonal effects from a dataset to better identify trends.

Centered Moving Average

A method of smoothing data by calculating averages of different subsets of the full data set to identify trends.