A researcher investigated emotional recognition in adolescents. A matched-pairs design was used, involving 12 adolescents diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) and 12 neurotypical adolescents. Each participant was shown 20 close-up photographs of eyes and asked to identify the represented emotion from a list of options. The researcher recorded the total number of correct identifications for each participant. It was found that adolescents with ASC had a significantly lower average score than the neurotypical group.
This study is a quasi-experiment. Explain why this study is a quasi-experiment.
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