What Term Describes When Participants Drop Out of a Longitudinal

question 107

Multiple Choice

What term describes when participants drop out of a longitudinal study?

• A) selective survival
• B) attrition
• C) cohort effect
• D) selective sampling

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Definitions:

Olfaction

The sense of smell, a chemical sensing system that is one of the five traditional senses.

Occipital

Pertaining to the occipital lobe, a region of the brain responsible for processing visual information.

Localization

The concept that specific parts of the brain are associated with specific functions or behaviors.

Hertz

The unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), defined as one cycle per second.