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Use "cross-sectional" in a sentence
"But in a one-time sample of people of different ages called a cross-sectional study, it’s impossible to tell if differences are due to age or generation."
"Still, the panel design of the Faith Matters surveys is a great improvement over most previous studies based on purely cross-sectional data."
"The panel design of the Faith Matters surveys offers some important advantages over typical cross-sectional surveys for addressing these challenges."