How do researchers engaged in a scientific method deal with the time dimension?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. Researchers have two principal ways of dealing with the time dimension: cross-sectional studies and longitudinal studies. The data can be longitudinal (collected at two or more points in time from the same or different samples of respondents) or cross-sectional (collected at one point in time). Cross-sectional studies provide valuable information, but longitudinal studies are especially useful in examining trends in behavior or attitudes; a researcher can compare similar populations across different years or follow a particular group of people over time.
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What will be an ideal response?
From the Marxian perspective, what is the name for people who sell their labor?
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a. were protected by the Constitution. b. did not take precedent over parents’ rights. c. should try to keep children out of intergenerational conflicts. d. should clarify the long-term effect on grandchildren.