26. (APPLIED 22) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SCENARIOS BEST REPRESENTS A...

1-26. (applied 22) Which of the following scenarios best represents a cross-sectional research

design?

*a. A study examines individual political views across a life span. The researcher’s

hypothesis is that as individual’s age, they become more conservative. The

researcher randomly selects a sample from various age cohorts, to examine their

political views on capital punishment, immigration, and federal spending.

b. A study examines individual political views across a life span. The researcher’s

researcher randomly selects a sample from selected high school population and

follows them for 50 years.

c. A study examines the relationship of individual political views and the amount of

education they have completed. The researcher’s hypothesis is that there is a positive

relationship between education and liberal political views.

d. . A study examines how individual political views change between 1981-1991 and