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What is the type of research in which people of different ages are compared at the same point in time?
Cross sectional research is a study in which subjects of different ages are compared at the same time. It is often used in developmental psychology, but also utilized in many other areas including social science, education and other branches of science.
What research studies people of different ages at the same time?
Cross-sectional research designs are used to examine behavior in participants of different ages who are tested at the same point in time.
Which type of research follows a group of participants across a period of time?
A longitudinal study is a type of correlational research study that involves looking at variables over an extended period of time. This research can take place over a period of weeks, months, or even years.
Which type of research design would provide information about age change?
The benefit of a cross-sectional study design is that it allows researchers to compare many different variables at the same time. We could, for example, look at age, gender, income and educational level in relation to walking and cholesterol levels, with little or no additional cost.