During one day researchers counted the number of out-of-state cars parked in an outlet mall parking lot at 10 a.m.and 4 p.m.The gathering of this quantitative data is an example of descriptive research using ________.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A cross-sectional design is used when data is collected at a single point in time from a sample of the population of interest. In this case, the researchers collected data on the number of out-of-state cars parked in the outlet mall parking lot at two different times (10 a.m. and 4 p.m.) during the day. This constitutes a cross-sectional design because the data was collected at a single point in time, rather than over an extended period (longitudinal design) or in a specific order (hierarchical format). The data was also not collected through tracking (latitudinal tracking) or observation of a culture or community (ethnography).

During One Day Researchers Counted the Number of Out-Of-State Cars