"In social science research, it is unlikely that a bivariate (two variable explanation) will capture the complexity of the real social world. The addition of a
longitudinal design can allow some insight into the time ordering of variables and therefore may have the advantage of at least being more able to
allow causal inferences to be made". Discuss this proposition with reference to quantitative longitudinal analysis and its limitations. Illustrate your
account with reference to use of the research design within your own discipline, or an area allied to it.
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