Research on the efficacy of two reading programs is an example of applied research.

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applied research refers to the type of research that is conducted to solve a practical problem that face by a group of an individual.
Efficacy of two reading programs is considered a practical problem because it would determine directly the most efficient programs that individuals should practice/follow 

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During the paleolithic, hominins grouped together in small societies such as bands, and subsisted by gathering  plants  and fishing, hunting or scavenging wild  animals. the paleolithic is characterized by the use of knapped stone tools, although at the time humans also used  wood  and bone tools.