One of the advantages of the longitudinal design is that
a. the results can be generalized widely to various cohorts.
b. data are not likely to be lost due to participant attrition.
c. all participants have lived through the same socioeconomic period.
d. researchers do not need to keep track of participants over extended time periods.
Answer: c. all participants have lived through the same socioeconomic period.
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