Read the scenario below and answer the question that follows. A researcher wants to know if the same parenting style used effectively on urban children at a young age will remain as effective as the same children get older. The researcher would most likely conduct the research using which descriptive research method?

A longitudinal study follows the same group of people over time. Here, the researcher wants to see whether a parenting style remains effective as the same children grow older, so the children would be studied at multiple ages. A cross-sectional study compares different age groups at one point in time, so it would not track these same children.

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