Who Is Using a Cross-Sectional Research Design

question 108

Multiple Choice

Who is using a cross-sectional research design?

• A)Fred,who is assessing study habits in fifth graders in three different countries
• B)Barney,who is assessing the study habits in a group of fifth graders and who will follow and assess this same group when they get to eighth and then eleventh grade
• C)Wilma,who is simultaneously testing the study habits of fifth,eighth,and eleventh graders
• D)Betty,who is assessing the study habits of fifth graders in the year 2003,and plans to assess eighth-graders' study habits in 2004 and eleventh graders' habits in 2005

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Definitions:

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Blunted Affect

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