A Researcher Is Interested in Studying the Developmental Changes in Social

question 42

Multiple Choice

A researcher is interested in studying the developmental changes in social and political attitudes that occur during the time a person is in college.The researcher is interested in both overall trends and in the changes that individual students undergo.Which survey research design will this researcher need to use?

• A)observational design
• B)cross-sectional design
• C)successive independent samples design
• D)longitudinal design

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