cross-sectional nature
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nature
noun
uk/ˈneɪ.tʃər/us/ˈneɪ.tʃɚ/
all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, ...
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First, thecross-sectionalnatureof the design does not permit an evaluation of the direction of causality.
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Thecross-sectionalnatureof the study and the reliance on retrospective data raise the possibility of recall errors.
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Finally, thecross-sectionalnatureof this study precludes any inferences about causes of substance use as opposed to its effects.
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Finally, data from this study preclude firm conclusions about causality given theircross-sectionalnature.
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Another limitation relates to thecross-sectionalnatureof the data.
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Among the limitations that qualify the conclusiveness of our findings, the first lies in theircross-sectionalnature.
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Second, thecross-sectionalnatureof the study precludes conclusions about the migrants' wellbeing and family relations over time.
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Thecross-sectionalnatureof the majority of studies also fails to follow the natural history of executive or frontal deficits.
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The second problem with the earlier work was itscross-sectionalnature, which hampered the interpretation of statistical associations.
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Secondly, the primarilycross-sectionalnatureof the analyses limits the ability to draw causal conclusions (particularly with respect to the wellbeing outcomes).
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This simple model adequately accounts for the change in shape of the waveforms with age despite thecross-sectionalnatureof the data.
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Thecross-sectionalnatureof this work precludes any firm conclusions regarding directionality of links.
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In light of thecross-sectionalnatureof this study, the direct impact of stress on depression or depression on stress was not determined.
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However, because of thecross-sectionalnatureof this particular study, no conclusions could be made about a causal relationship between bereavement and memory functioning.
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As our corpus is of across-sectionalnature, we will focus our analysis on synchronic learner variation in gender agreement and/or assignment.
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A second limitation lies in thecross-sectionalnatureof this research, which precludes any definitive conclusions about causality.
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However, with thecross-sectionalnatureof the data, one should be aware of the possible alternative causal path, such as high distress increasing one's negative appraisal.
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First, given thecross-sectionalnatureof this research, it is not possible to draw causal conclusions from these findings.
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