Professor Watt Studies the Behavior of Children Whose Parents Divorced

question 104

Multiple Choice

Professor Watt studies the behavior of children whose parents divorced six months before the children started school and children whose parents divorced two years before the children started school.Both groups of children are then followed and measured over the course of several years.This is which kind of design?

• A) Cross-sectional
• B) Sequential
• C) Longitudinal
• D) Life-span sampling

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