For example, business research focusing on forming assumptions often integrates surveys, questionnaires or some other type of structured response within a cross-sectional design.

In this series, I previously gave an overview of the main types of study design and the techniques used to minimise biased results. Here, I describe cross-sectional studies, their uses, advantages ...

Objective To explore the association between biological rhythm and internalising disorders among children and adolescents. Design, setting and participants This cross-sectional study used data from ...

Design: A cross-sectional study. Setting: General population of six districts of the Czech Republic. Subjects: ... This is reflected, for example, by the expression ‘beer belly’. However, ...