Although chapter 8 is not my favorite chapter in the book but it is a very important chapter. When it comes to the understanding of statistic and different methods one can use when conducted a survey research, chapter 8 layout multiple ways one can go to reach a meaningful result. For example, when conducted a research, instead of survey the whole population to find results or to draw conclusions based on the study, chapter 8 suggested that one should used a sampling because that will make it more easier and possible to select a few hundred or thousand people within the population for the study; and that way, one will discover things that apply to numerous people in the population who were not a part of the study.
Talk about sampling, there
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Despite that, one way this chapter can help increase knowledge on criminal justice issues is the fact that it suggests we should conscious of bias; especially, when sample is not fully representative of the larger population from which it was selected. For example, many law enforcement agencies believe that black and minorities made up a large percentage of criminals in this country, and they are more like to be up to no good. But if looked at it in the other way, maybe the law enforcement bias toward black and minority is the issue not the fact that minorities are more likely to be criminal because according to multiple research black and minority are 2 to 3 times more likely to be stopped by the police for minor violation than white in the United States (The Stanford Open Policing Project, 2017). Meanwhile, in U.K. they are “Now more than eight times more likely to be stopped by police than white people” (Cockburn, 2017). In those cases, since they are more likely to be stopped by the police that leads them to be more likely to be opened for search and more likely to be arrested. That is why I think chapter 8 is an important chapter when it comes to