Relics such as fingerprints are considered credible by which of the following research methodologies?

Relics such as fingerprints are treated as credible evidence in historical research.

Historical method draws on physical remains and records from the past.

Experimental research relies on manipulated variables, not surviving relics.

Quantitative research works with numerical data, not physical traces as such.

Descriptive research portrays present conditions rather than past relics.

Historical sources are judged by external and internal criticism.