A researcher is interested in examining the development and effects of shyness. To do this, she identifies a group of 100 shy children-50 eight-year-olds and 50 ten-year-olds. She takes various measures of shyness and compares the two groups. This design is best described as
A)a cross-sectional design
B)a longitudinal design
C)a placebo design
D)a sequential design
E)a tracking design

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This study is a cross-sectional design because it compares two different age groups at one point in time to examine the effects of shyness, rather than following the same group over time (longitudinal) or comparing different cohorts over time (sequential).

A Researcher Is Interested in Examining the Development and Effects