Is my study cross-sectional or longitudinal?
The studies’ classification as cross-sectional or longitudinal constitutes one of the methodological aspects that are declared in the research projects corresponding to the specialty’s completion works. This article offers clarifying elements for the distinction between both types of studies; In thi...
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Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos
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| author | Luis Alberto Corona Martínez Mercedes Fonseca Hernández |
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| description | The studies’ classification as cross-sectional or longitudinal constitutes one of the methodological aspects that are declared in the research projects corresponding to the specialty’s completion works. This article offers clarifying elements for the distinction between both types of studies; In this sense, it is considered that the longitudinal study’s defining essence lies in the researcher's interest in the changes over time of the investigated phenomenon. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ae8479ec202a4389bff83fafb00be78f2025-01-30T21:29:00ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2023-07-012149319342310Is my study cross-sectional or longitudinal?Luis Alberto Corona Martínez0Mercedes Fonseca Hernández1Hospital General Universitario "Dr. Gustavo Aldereguia Lima. Cienfuegos.Hospital Pediátrico Universitario Paquito González Cueto. Cienfuegos, Cuba.The studies’ classification as cross-sectional or longitudinal constitutes one of the methodological aspects that are declared in the research projects corresponding to the specialty’s completion works. This article offers clarifying elements for the distinction between both types of studies; In this sense, it is considered that the longitudinal study’s defining essence lies in the researcher's interest in the changes over time of the investigated phenomenon.http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/5633investigaciónestudios longitudinales |
| spellingShingle | Luis Alberto Corona Martínez Mercedes Fonseca Hernández Is my study cross-sectional or longitudinal? Medisur investigación estudios longitudinales |
| title | Is my study cross-sectional or longitudinal? |
| title_full | Is my study cross-sectional or longitudinal? |
| title_fullStr | Is my study cross-sectional or longitudinal? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is my study cross-sectional or longitudinal? |
| title_short | Is my study cross-sectional or longitudinal? |
| title_sort | is my study cross sectional or longitudinal |
| topic | investigación estudios longitudinales |
| url | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/5633 |
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