Advantages and Disadvantages of Research Methods

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Research Methods

Introduction

There are three common ways of measuring the age difference or the cognitive functions based on groups that are separated on the basis of age (Teddlie, Charles & Tashakkori, 2009). There are as follows:

Cross Sectional Design

Sequential Design

Longitudinal Design

Discussion

Cross Sectional Design

In cross sectional design, the subject of the study of researches is people who belong to different age groups at the same time. In this manner, those researchers how are interested to find out the difference in cognitive abilities across different ages may study samples comprised of 5 year old ...