Based on the Abstract from a 1994 Issue of Journal

Multiple Choice

based on the abstract from a 1994 issue of Journal of Counseling and Development. The authors of the paper examined factors that predicted continued enrollment and academic standing in college students. Instructors are advised to use the reference below to retrieve the original abstract for their use.
Gerdes, H., & Mallinckrodt, B. (1994) . Emotional, social, and academic adjustment of college students: A longitudinal study of retention. Journal of Counseling and Development: JCD, 72(3) , 281.
-If the researchers had instead only recruited individuals who had dropped out and those who showed strong academic achievement as their participants and taken measures of emotional and social adjustment just once to compare their differences, this would suggest that…

A) the researchers used a longitudinal design and likely used more resources.
B) the researchers used a cross-sectional design and likely used fewer resources.
C) the researchers used a cross-sequential design and used fewer resources.
D) the researchers used a cross-sectional design and likely used more resources.