A cross-sectional study is a type of research that looks at a sampling of subjects from a particular group to see how many exhibit a particular trait. The study is observational, which means the researchers only look for the trait in which they have an interest and do nothing to alter or change the behavior of the study subjects. Cross-sectional studies are limited to a particular moment in time and do not look backward or forward in gathering information; they do not consider subjects who had... więcej

Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2020. 2p.