Rose is conducting a study where she intends to follow a random selection of teenagers over a five year period. Each year she wi
ll randomly sample 500 individuals from a total of 50 high schools. What form of research is she performing?a. Cohort studyb. Panel studyc. Trend studyd. Quasi-experimental studye. Cross-sectional study
A cross-sectional study which is also known as cross-sectional analysis, transverse study or prevalence study. Cross-sectional studies are observational in nature which means this type of research observes the characteristics that exist in a population and do not try to manipulate variables therefore is not done to determine cause-and-effect relationships between different variables. This type of study is done at a specific point in time.
