A researcher is conducting a longitudinal study on helping behaviours among older adults in Alberta. Every five years each participant completes a survey related to volunteer work and charitable donations. The researcher collected data in 2016, a year when a wildfire destroyed Fort McMurray, Alberta, and many people in the province donated their time and money to help those affected. What might the fire introduce to the research study?

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The wildfire and subsequent donations could introduce a time of measurement effect, as the event may have influenced the participants' responses and behaviours during the survey taken in 2016.

A Researcher Is Conducting a Longitudinal Study on Helping Behaviours