Imagine that you are using a cross-sectional design to conduct a study on attitudes toward gender equity in the work place. You find that 40-year-old participants are much more resistant to gender equity than are 20-year-old participants
One potential problem that might arise in interpreting the data is that
a. results may be confounded by differences in the experiences of different birth cohorts.
b. all of the participants were tested for their attitudes at about the same time.
c. substantial data may be lost due to participant attrition.
d. results may be due to the fact that attitudinal differences are
Answer: a. results may be confounded by differences in the experiences of different birth cohorts.
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