Let’s Discuss: Developmental designs 

There are many ways to design studies to examine development.

Thoroughly discuss the concepts below:

a) Describe cross-sectional designs, giving your own example of when you would use it and explaining why they have an advantage over longitudinal designs.

b) Describe longitudinal designs, giving your own example of when you would use it and explaining why they have an advantage over cross sectional designs.

c) Describe sequential research designs, giving your own example of when you would use it and explaining why they have an advantage over longitudinal and cross-sectional designs.