A researcher has a sample of people who participated in a drug court program. He wants to find out whether drug courts reduce recidivism, so for each person in the drug court sample, he finds someone who was also arrested for a drug offense and who is similar to that person on key characteristics (such as age, race, gender) but who was sentenced to prison instead of to drug court monitoring. Which of the following t tests would the researcher use to analyze the data?
A. matched-pairs
B. repeated measures
C. independent groups
D. sampling distribution
B. repeated measures
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. A general consensus has been reached on the definition of white collar crime. 2. The terms “white collar crime” and “elite deviance” have been used to refer to the same thing. 3. The field of criminology historically has focused on conventional forms of harm, such as homicide, rape, assault, burglary, robbery, theft and the like. 4. The violation of trust is not necessarily exclusive to white collar crimes. 5. The probability or risk of being prosecuted for any given white collar crime has traditionally been regarded as low.
These acts deserve condemnation, but the defendant is not held criminally liable.
a. excuses b. defense c. justifications d. necessities
Rodney Stark's theory of deviant places argues that crowded neighborhoods have higher crime levels
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
There is a drug which is frequently made in home laboratories. As the chemicals used in the production of the drug are very dangerous, there are frequently explosions that occur during production. The name of this drug is:
a. depressants ("downers"). b. synthetic marijuana ("spice"). c. PCP ("angel dust"). d. methamphetamines ("meth"). e. All of these choices. f. None of these choices.