Andrews and Bonta (2010) Completed a Meta-Analysis That Examined 46

question 7

Multiple Choice

Andrews and Bonta (2010) completed a meta-analysis that examined 46 studies where restorative justice was compared with another sanction. Which of the following statements regarding their results is true?

• A) programs that were more clearly restorative in nature were significantly better than programs that had more mundane elements of restorative justice
• B) the overall effect size of restorative justice groups is slightly smaller than providing any type of human service
• C) the effect size for restorative justice groups was significantly larger than the comparison sanctions
• D) restorative justice programs were most effective for high-risk offenders

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis that suggests there is no statistical significance between the specified sets of observations.

Support

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Population Parameter

A numerical value that represents a characteristic of a population, such as its mean or variance.

Hypothesis

A proposed explanation for a phenomenon, made as a starting point for further investigation.