STA'I'IS'I'ICAL APPLICA'I'IGN EXERCISE #2 A recent study irclicates that 22 percent of the stops initiated by the officers in the Bigton Police...

1. Your specific knowledge of the rules by which we establish a causal relationship between variables in research methods, i.e. the causal rules. In this case the president is alleging a causal relationship between the ethnicity of a driver and a police officer's decision to initiate a traffic stop.
2. The usual practices by which police officers are deployed, e.g. police officers are not randomly assigned throughout a jurisdiction's geographical area. More policing resources are assigned into areas in which there is demand for public safety services.

Warning: Your comment must be based on the evidence at hand and generally accepted research methods principles. I am aware that topics like this are controversial and even personal for some students. Please avoid relying upon relying on your personal opinion or experiences when writing your response.