A researcher administers a brief satisfaction questionnaire to the crossing guards of a small town to assess their satisfaction with recently changes to the town's School Zone speed limits. Which of the following aims does this questionnaire chiefly satisfy?
A) Hypothesis generation
B) Population parameter estimation
C) Test development and validation
D) Hypothesis and model testing

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The questionnaire is primarily used to estimate the population parameter, in this case, the level of satisfaction among crossing guards with the changes to the School Zone speed limits. It aims to gather specific information from a particular group about their views on a recent change, rather than generating hypotheses, developing or validating a test, or testing a hypothesis or model.

A Researcher Administers a Brief Satisfaction Questionnaire to the Crossing