The nurse is preparing a report on the number of births by three service providers at the facility (certified nurse-midwives, family practitioners, and obstetricians). What is this an example of?

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This is an example of descriptive statistics because it involves summarizing and describing the characteristics of a specific set of data (in this case, the number of births by different service providers). Descriptive statistics are used to present quantitative descriptions in a manageable form.

The Nurse Is Preparing a Report on the Number of Births