Athena is designing a study to see how people's head circumferences change between childhood and adulthood.Unfortunately,she has only a few months in which to perform her study,so she decides to measure groups of 100 5-year-old children,100 10-year-old children,100 15-year-old children,100 20-year-old adults,100 25-year-old adults,and 100 30-year-old adults.Her research design is
A)cross-sectional.
B)longitudinal.
C)latitudinal.
D)cross-sequential.

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Athena's study design involves measuring different age groups at the same time, which is the definition of a cross-sectional study. A longitudinal design would involve measuring individuals over time, while a cross-sequential design would involve a combination of cross-sectional and longitudinal methods. Latitudinal is not a recognized research design term, and is not applicable in this context.

Athena Is Designing a Study to See How People's Head