Question

A researcher is planning a study looking at first-year college students and their experiences at a four-year university. A sample of individuals from the first-year class is taken at Time 1 and data are gathered. A year passes and some participants leave the study. However, the researcher gathers data from the same people from the first time, minus those who left. This is an example of what kind of study?

Answer 1

The correct answer is Panel design.

Step-by-step explanation:

Panel design studies are a specific observational research model in which the evaluation system is monitored over long periods of time, usually years, at predetermined intervals. Its main characteristic is that at different points of time they take repeated measures from the same sample.