Suppose you tell a friend that you are taking a statistics course, and your friend reacts with surprise that a criminology or criminal justice degree program would require students to take this class. Your friend argues that although it is necessary for people whose careers are dedicated to research to have a good understanding of statistics, this area of knowledge is not useful for people with practitioner jobs, such as police and corrections officers. Construct a response to this assertion. Identify ways in which people in practical settings benefit from possessing an understanding of statistical concepts and techniques.