Using the keyword option in an advanced search, obtain a social science article that uses an experimental group and a control group. Summarize the article and answer ALL of the following questions:

1) Name the type of design used in the research. 2) Describe whether or not the researchers could have arrived at the same conclusions without a control group. 3) Would another design been more appropriate for the research, and if so what design and why. 4) Any ethical concerns in the research.

Please include the abstract with this assignment by either uploading a screen shot or by copy and pasting the abstract below your write up.

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with evidence-based results thus making the findings credible. Also, no other research design would have met the scope of randomization, manipulation, and control other than in experimental research design. Further, the researchers managed to reduce ethical concerns such as bias by ensuring that they did not select participants. Instead, they used a randomized controlled study which was a significant thus reducing prejudice.  Still, the randomized approach helped in reducing the uncertainty of results in the CLICK-Study that would have made the outcomes biased.

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