No, a part-year resident files the nonresident form. See State of Rhode Island: Division of Taxation: Personal Income. The nonresident form instructions state:
A nonresident is subject to tax on all items included in his or her total federal income (including his or her distributive share of partnership income or gain and his or her share of estate or trust income or gain) which are derived from or connected with Rhode Island sources as follows:...
Therefore, if your daughter had no Rhode Island sourced income, a RI return would not be needed. When you went through the program, it asked about residency. When part year, the program asks about RI sourced income.
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