Mr. Eli Shun wants to study the development of emotion in children for his doctoral dissertation. He would like to graduate as soon as possible, so he devises a study that consists of assessing children of different ages at the same time. This is an example of a __________ research design.

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Research in which people of different ages are compared at the same point in time is known as cross-sectional research. Mr. Eli Shun is assessing children of different ages at one time to determine development of emotions.

Mr Eli Shun Wants to Study the Development of Emotion