A school superintendent wants to know the effects of a four week anti-bullying course on high school students. The superintendent randomly selects 200 high school students and randomly assigns 100 high school students to participate in the course. She then assigns the remaining 100 high school students to not participate in the course. At the end of the course, the superintendent will observe the students' behavior in a school setting. Which of the following methods was used in this study?    A.  experimental study  B.  randomized experiment  C.  observational study  D.  survey

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A school superintendent wants to know the effects of a four week anti-bullying course on high school students. The superintendent randomly selects 200 high school students and randomly assigns 100 high school students to participate in the course. She then assigns the remaining 100 high school students to not participate in the course. At the end of the course, the superintendent will observe the students' behavior in a school setting.

Which of the following methods was used in this study?
 
 A. 
experimental study
 B. 
randomized experiment
 C. 
observational study
 D. 
survey
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