In class, we talked about "store crowdedness." What we learned from the survey data was that when "perceptions of crowdedness" increased, "shopping satisfaction" decreased.

In other words, we can investigate relationships and phenomena within data that has been collected from the surveys. According to your book, which "function" of research would this be considered?

a$.$

exploratory

b$.$

descriptive

c$.$

predictive

d$.$

diagnostic