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	Διαχρονική Συσχετιστική Έρευνα	Διαχρονική Αιτιοσυγκριτική Έρευνα
Πεδίο	Ερευνητικός Σχεδιασμός	Ερευνητικός Σχεδιασμός
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	Mid-20th century (formalized 1940s–1960s)	1970s–1980s (as an established combined design in educational and social research)
Δημιουργός	Rooted in early correlational methodology (Galton, Pearson late 19th c.); longitudinal extension formalized through panel studies in social sciences (mid-20th c.)	Synthesized from causal-comparative tradition (Kerlinger, 1973) and longitudinal design frameworks (Goldstein, 1979)
Τύπος	Non-experimental quantitative design	Non-experimental quantitative research design
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Fraenkel, J. R., Wallen, N. E., & Hyun, H. H. (2009). How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education (8th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 978-0078097898	Fraenkel, J. R., Wallen, N. E., & Hyun, H. H. (2009). How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 978-0073525532
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	longitudinal correlational study, prospective correlational design, longitudinal associational research, repeated-measures correlational design	longitudinal ex post facto design, longitudinal causal-comparative design, repeated-measures causal-comparative research, prospective causal-comparative study
Συναφείς	3	4
Σύνοψη	Longitudinal correlational research is a non-experimental quantitative design that examines the strength and direction of relationships among variables by collecting data from the same participants at two or more points in time. Unlike a cross-sectional correlational study, the longitudinal approach captures how associations evolve, persist, or dissolve across time, providing a stronger empirical basis for causal inference without experimental manipulation.	Longitudinal causal-comparative research is a non-experimental quantitative design that compares pre-existing groups on one or more dependent variables across multiple measurement points over time. Unlike true experiments, the researcher does not manipulate the independent variable; instead, naturally occurring group differences (e.g., gender, socioeconomic status, diagnostic category) are examined to explore their relationship to outcomes as they evolve longitudinally.