Which of the following is not a characteristic of a cross-sectional study?
A) The study is conducted at one point in time.
B) Cross-sectional studies for explanatory or evaluation purposes have an inherent flaw.
C) The study assesses changes that take place in a specific sample over time.
D) It allows a large population to be examined at a specific point in time.

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Cross-sectional studies are observational studies that analyze data from a population, or a representative subset, at a specific point in time. They do not assess changes over time in the same sample, which is a characteristic of longitudinal studies, not cross-sectional ones.

Which of the Following Is Not a Characteristic of a Cross-Sectional