The owner of a factory regularly requests a graphical summary of all employees' salaries. The graphical summary of salaries is an example of
A)a sample
B)descriptive statistics
C)statistical inference
D)an experiment

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Descriptive statistics are methods used to summarize and describe data. In this case, the owner of the factory is interested in summarizing and describing the salaries of all employees, which is an example of descriptive statistics.

The Owner of a Factory Regularly Requests a Graphical Summary