In a cross-sectional study, subjects from the same generation are referred to as:
A) an age cohort.
B) an experimental subject group.
C) a control group.
D) a clique.
Answer: A
Rationale: In a cross-sectional study, age cohort and generation refer to similar things. The point of these studies is to compare different age cohorts at a single point in time.
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