Which of the following is not an example of cross sectional analysis?
A)Determining how the growth in sales from one company differed from that of another company.
B)Comparing growth in sales across different industries
C)Determining the growth in sales for a company over a five-year period.
D)Comparing total sales across companies in the same industry for the past three years.

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Cross sectional analysis involves comparing data from different variables at the same point in time, such as comparing sales across different companies or industries in a given year. Option C involves analyzing data from the same variable (company sales), but across different time periods (five years), which is not cross sectional analysis.

Which of the Following Is Not an Example of Cross