A Longitudinal Study Is Able to Help Resolve Which of the Following

question 31

Multiple Choice

A longitudinal study is able to help resolve which of the following limitations of a traditional correlational study?

• A) whether the sample size is sufficient to detect a relationship between variables
• B) whether there is a third, unmeasured variable causing both of the measured variables
• C) the direction of a possible causal relationship between the variables
• D) whether the relationship between variables is statistically significant

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