What does a cohort sequential longitudinal design NOT allow you to distinguish between?
A) The effects of cohort and age
B) The effects of cohort and era (historical period)
C) The effects of era (historical period) and age
D) The effects of repeated measurement

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A cohort sequential longitudinal design cannot distinguish between the effects of cohort (group of individuals born in the same year) and era (historical period) as both are confounded. For example, individuals born in the same year may have similar experiences due to the historical period they lived in (e.g. wartime, recession), making it difficult to attribute the observed differences to either cohort or era effects alone. However, this design is able to separate the effects of age (within individuals over time) and repeated measurement, as participants are measured at multiple time points as they age.

What Does a Cohort Sequential Longitudinal Design NOT Allow You