One Possible Example of a Basic (Rather Than an Applied)research

One possible example of a basic (rather than an applied) research project is to:

A) design a better remote control
B) improve the effectiveness of art therapy treatment in a local mental health facility
C) evaluate the depth of existing teaching methods in research methods courses
D) evaluate the accuracy of computer programs in automatically recognizing human speech
E) determine whether or not an automatic process can interfere with a more resource-demanding,controlled process