Question

Dr. Cardenas studied political attitudes among different groups of 20-, 40-, and 60-year-olds. Political attitudes were found to be most conservative in the age-60 group and least conservative in the age-20 group. a. What type of method was used in this study? b. Can you conclude that people become more politically conservative as they get older? Why or why not? c. Propose alternative ways of studying this topic.

Answer 1

Answer:

The study was conducted in a cross-sectional analysis.

No, it can't be concluded that people become more conservative with age.

Longitudinal analysis can be an alternative way.

Explanation:

Cross-sectional analysis is a research methodology that studies a group of people from different demo-graphical backgrounds at a same period of time.

No, it can't be concluded that people become more politically conservative as they get older because we should consider other factors that contributes to their ideologies and upbringings. Perhaps other independent variable such as time, education, society, multi-culturism, etc may play a vital role in determining whether individuals are politically liberal or conservative.

To determine political identity of different age groups, longitudinal analysis can be an alternative way. Longitudinal analysis is the process of studying a group of people over a long period of time. Though this process may be time consuming, it may help in determining how people tend or do not tent to change their behaviors with time and age.