A clinical psychologist is planning a study to investigate how symptoms of schizophrenia change during the transition from adolescence to young adulthood. The researcher decides to use a longitudinal design to follow a cohort of 50 high-risk adolescents over a ten-year period.
Explain one strength and one weakness of choosing a longitudinal design for this clinical investigation.
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