Compare And Contrast Cross Sectional And Longitudinal Studies

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Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies are both observational studies. Cross-sectional is a type of study that is carried out at one time point or over a short period of time. These types of studies are used when they want to estimate the occurrence of the outcome of interest for a given population. Some advantages of these types of studies are that they are inexpensive and take up little time. There is absolutely no loss to follow up and it’s useful for public health planning. When conducting these types of studies, it is possible to estimate occurrence of outcome of interest since sample is taken from a whole population, which makes it easier for outcomes and risk factors to be evaluated. Even though there may be some advantages, there