In your original post, describe the purpose of descriptive statistics.

• How can descriptive statistics be used in research situations based on your field of study?
• Provide a specific example of a descriptive statistic from your field of study in your discussion. This may be a chart, graph, or calculation (like mean, median, mode, or standard deviation). You may make your own statistics, find one on a website, or share an on-the-job example. Be sure to appropriately document the source of your descriptive statistic(s)
• We know that descriptive statistics provide summary information on data collected from a sample or population. Does the source from which you found this statistic indicate who/what the sample is and how it was selected from the population? If not, use your knowledge or experience in this field to speculate on a reasonable sample or population from which you think the data might have been obtained and the sampling method that might have been used to obtain the data.

Filed of study: Criminal Justice