Question

Use practical examples to distinguish between a cross-sectional survey and a longitudinal survey.

Answer 1

Example of a cross sectional survey is finding the relationship between the people who have taken airlines membership and those who fly executive class. The cross sectional survey is done to examine the relationship between different characteristics at a given point of time. A longitudinal survey example is study of employee satisfaction in an organisation over a period of time. Longitudinal survey is done to examine the same sample over a period of time to collect data about certain variables and monitor the changes.