A research group was interested in comparing the saving habits of Canadians across three groups of working-aged adults, regionally across Canada, by level of education, and geographic location. The group required access to data that contained information regarding levels of gross income, education, geographic location, gender, work occupation, and age. Which form of research would offer the best opportunity to reveal these findings?
A)descriptive
B)exploratory
C) explanatory
D) deductive

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A descriptive research design would be best suited to reveal findings on the saving habits of Canadians across three groups of working-aged adults, regionally across Canada, by level of education, and geographic location. Descriptive research involves collecting data to describe and summarize a phenomenon, which matches the research group's objectives of comparing different groups of Canadians based on various characteristics such as income, education level, and location. The study's aim is to explore their saving habits, not to establish causality or relationships between variables, so an exploratory or explanatory design would not be as suitable. A deductive design would require a pre-established hypothesis or theory, which the research group does not state they have.

A Research Group Was Interested in Comparing the Saving Habits