For her senior project, Shantae wants to study children's moral reasoning. During the Fall semester, she interviews 20 individuals in each of the follo:wing grades: first, fourth, seventh, tenth, and college sophomores. She asks each participant to solve a practical moral dilemma. What sort of research design is Shantae using?

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Shantae is using a cross-sectional design, which involves collecting data from participants at different ages or developmental stages at one point in time. She is not following the same group of participants over a period of time, which would be longitudinal. She is also not manipulating any variables, which would be experimental, and she is not using a combination of cross-sectional and longitudinal designs, which would be sequential.

For Her Senior Project, Shantae Wants to Study Children's Moral