Tina is conducting a nonexperimental research study. She is following a group of students born in 2005 through school and collecting data on their academic achievement each year. She will report on the patterns she sees in the data. Tina's study can be described as a:
A) Cross-sectional, descriptive study
B) Cross-sectional, predictive study
C) Longitudinal, explanatory study
D) Longitudinal, descriptive study.

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Tina's study is longitudinal because it follows the same group of students over time, and it is descriptive because she is reporting patterns in the data without manipulating variables or establishing causal relationships.

Tina Is Conducting a Nonexperimental Research Study