cross-cultural method

n. A research approach in which the cultural group of the individual is considered as a variable and is often used in comparing the behavior of persons in different cultural groups as a researcher might compare child rearing practices in Japan and the United States. Such research has problems in equating behavior in different groups due to differences in language, social meanings of behavior, sampling, response biases, and theoretical viewpoint, as well as problems associated with linking particular findings with particular aspects of differences in cultural practice.