Table 6.
Experiment 1: ANCOVA results for participants’ preferred spending on ‘more drug and alcohol treatment programmes for offenders’.
| df | F | MSE | Effect size() | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 1 | 4.39* | 656.89 | .025 |
| Age 18–24 years | 1 | 0.56 | 83.84 | .003 |
| Bachelor’s degree | 1 | 5.67* | 847.03 | .032 |
| LNP | 1 | 0.19 | 28.03 | .001 |
| Attended court | 1 | 0.15 | 22.86 | .001 |
| Jury service | 1 | 0.08 | 12.65 | .001 |
| Known someone imprisoned | 1 | 1.22 | 182.36 | .007 |
| Worked in CJS | 1 | 5.14* | 768.02 | .030 |
| Version of remarks | 1 | 7.77** | 1162.10 | .044 |
Note: ANCOVA = analysis of covariance; LNP = Liberal/National Party; CJS = criminal justice system; compassion-enhanced remarks n = 90; standard remarks n = 89.
*p < .05. **p < .01.