Cross-sectional research studies gather data from many
people who are of the same age, and compare them to others who are at a different age, and thus a different level of development. The name for a group of people who are the same age and thus were raised during the same time period is a(n) _____.
A) cohort
B) experimental subject group
C) control group
D) schema
Answer: A
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