32.) Find the following: If a researcher wanted to find out how much time elderl

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32.) Find the following:

If a researcher wanted to find out how much time elderly persons in nursing homes spend interacting with each other, the researcher would conduct which kind of study? a. descriptive b, time-lag c. explanatory d. exploratory e. cohort A particular weakness in cross-sectional studies is that a. they make it difficult to infer causality b. too often too few people are studied. c. they are limited to individuals as the units of analysis d. they are too descriptive and insufficiently explanatory e. too often too few variables are studied If you are trying to decide if the data you recieve really measures what it claims to measure, you are deciding its a. Reliability b. Validity c. Precision d. Accuracy

Explanation / Answer

1. The correct answer is Option A. For this, a researcher would conduct a descriptive study.
2. The correct answer is Option A. Cross sectional studies make it difficult to infer causality.
3. The correct answer is Option B. This property refers to validity.

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