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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _job_statistics(self):
 """Helper for job-type specific statistics-based properties."""

        statistics = self._properties.get("statistics", {})
        return statistics.get(self._JOB_TYPE, {})