While evaluating a research report, Dr. Childs focused on the issue of research design. Which of the following questions wouldbe the LEAST useful for evaluating the design?

a. What was the unit of analysis?
b. Is the study cross-sectional or longitudinal?
c. Is the researcher's purpose the statistical description of a population?
d. Was the purpose of the study exploration?
e. All of these choices would be helpful questions for evaluating the design.


C

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