Select a social scientific topic of interest and identify one

Select a social scientific topic of interest and identify one variable. This variable should be something that can vary over time and that is related to the variable age.

Examples might include: voting in an election, level of prejudice, or weight. Think of other examples.

Then show how that variable could be studied in relationship to the independent variable of age in each of the four research designs noted in the chapter: cross-sectional, trend, cohort, and panel.

Explain why for each design.

Your variable:

Cross-sectional study:

Trend study:

Cohort study:

Panel study: