psychologist is interested in how early childhood nutrition affects height. To research this subject he tracks the nutritional consumption and growth of the same group of infants from age 1 through age 6. This research technique is utilizing a ________ design

A longitudinal design is the study of the comparative study of the same group over a period of time
In this type of research, a person uses the observational method to research the project in which all the data is gathered for the same subject
longitudinal studies are used to examine the childhood nutrition effect on heights
The research will use to track the growth of the same infants and the effects of nutrition consumption from age 1 through age 6
Hence, the right answer or fill in the blank is "longitudinal design"

FrightfulMarty FrightfulMarty · Answer 2 · 2020-03-17T06:13:47+01:00

Longitudinal Design of research.

Explanation:

The psychologist is comparing the effects of nutrition on height and so he tracks the nutritional consumption and growth of same group of infants from age 1 to age 6. This means that he made repeated observation for the same variable in same sample in order to trace the growth rate.

This design of research according to which a conclusion is derived after making repeated observation of same variable, is classified as Longitudinal design of research.