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Influencing the "People Who Count"

Some Perspectives on the Reporting of Meta-Analytic Results for Prediction and Treatment Outcomes With Offenders

Paul Gendreau

University of Cincinnati

Paula Smith

University of Cincinnati, paula.smith{at}uc.edu

How is it possible to get influential policy makers and practitioners to attend to the importance of the findings from meta-analyses? Several approaches that will help to ensure that meta-analytic results will have maximum impact are prescribed. It is recommended that easily understandable metrics such as Pearson's r be employed. Furthermore, it is suggested that null-hypothesis significance testing be abandoned and replaced by confidence intervals and common language statistics that clearly describe the preciseness and magnitude of results. Finally, brief comments on some meta-analytic issues are offered.

Key Words: policy • meta-analysis • NHST • Pearson's r • common language statistics

Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 34, No. 12, 1536-1559 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0093854807307025
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