To determine whether community resource centers were more effective in reducing recidivism than traditional parole, Hyatt and Ostermann (2019) conducted a(n) ______ control group experiment.

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The study conducted by Hyatt and Ostermann (2019) compared the effectiveness of community resource centers with traditional parole in reducing recidivism. To do so, they used a nonequivalent control group experiment in which the participants were not randomly assigned to the two groups. Instead, the researchers used an existing group of participants who were on traditional parole as the control group and a group of participants who were enrolled in community resource centers as the treatment group.

To Determine Whether Community Resource Centers Were More Effective in Reducing