While evaluating a research report,Dr.Childs focused on the issue of research design.Which of the following questions would be 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.

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While all of the choices are important for evaluating the research design, the question of whether the researcher's purpose was statistical description of a population is less relevant for evaluating the design itself. This question is more relevant for evaluating the overall goal or intent of the study.

While Evaluating a Research Report,Dr