What Is One Major Impediment to Historical Research

question 8

Multiple Choice

What is one major impediment to historical research?

• A) Collecting and analyzing historical data is very time consuming.
• B) There is no historical data for most of the world.
• C) Historical data is less respected than ethnographic data.
• D) There is no way to statistically analyze historical data.

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Definitions:

Intellectual Development

The development of cognitive abilities and intellectual capacities, including thinking, problem-solving, and understanding concepts.

Cross-sequential

A research method that combines both cross-sectional and longitudinal designs to study changes over time in a faster and more efficient manner.

Successive Cohort

Groups of individuals born in consecutive chronological segments, often studied to observe changes over time in a particular population.

Spatial Orientation

The ability to recognize and navigate the position and direction of oneself and objects in space.