Professor Hardy Has Spent the Last Decade Conducting a Study

question 45

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 10 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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