For their study of women’s political power across nations, Fallon, Swiss, and Viterna (2012) “analyzed a longitudinal sample of countries over a 34-year period using a cross-sectional time series approach.” (p. 386) What term best describes the type of research Fallon et al. used?
a. historical events research
b. historical process research
c. cross-sectional comparative research
d. comparative historical research
e. none of these
