The Fact That Differences Between Age Groups in a Cross-Sectional

question 61

Multiple Choice

The fact that differences between age groups in a cross-sectional study may result as easily from chance environmental events as from significant developmental processes is

• A) an example of the sample constancy problem.
• B) a major problem of longitudinal studies.
• C) a problem with a random sample from a population of interest.
• D) a major disadvantage of the cross-sectional approach.

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