Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1.Cross-sectional studies measure groups of people all at one point in time.
2. Longitudinal studies do not have as many problems as other studies do.
3. The benefits of a longitudinal study include a real developmental picture of change
over time and the ability to assess the same people in a lot of depth.
4. Generalizability means that our experimental results must be narrowed to a small
population of people.


1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE

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