A social science research team identifies and describes the limitations of the completed study. Identify and describe any limitations of the completed study. The team goes on to describe how these might be handled in a future study and why the additional research would be valuable in its own right. This represents which step in the scientific investigation?
A) Design a procedure to ensure that the data gathered will reveal the full range of possible observations.
B) Conduct the study or the experiment and gather the data.
C) Critique the findings.
D) Identify all the factors related to the hypothesis and the phenomenon of interest that it will be important to measure, control, or monitor.

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The step described in the question is critiquing the findings and identifying limitations of the completed study. This is typically done after the data has been gathered and analyzed, which eliminates choices A, B, and D as possible answers.

A Social Science Research Team Identifies and Describes the Limitations