An analyst studies a data set of the 2011 year-end book value per share for all companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange.This data set is best described as
A) timeseries data.
B) cross-sectional data.
C) neither timeseries nor cross-sectional data.
D) a combination of timeseries and cross-sectional data.

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The data set consists of book value per share variables for different companies at a specific point in time (year-end 2011), which makes it cross-sectional data.

An Analyst Studies a Data Set of the 2011 Year-End