The owner of a factory regularly requests a graphical summary of all employees' salaries. The graphical summary of salaries is an example of _____ statistics.
A) inferential
B) descriptive
C) experimental
D) observational

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The graphical summary of salaries is an example of descriptive statistics because it is summarizing and describing a set of data (in this case, employees' salaries) without making any inferences or drawing any conclusions beyond the data itself. It is simply presenting the data in a visual format for easier understanding and analysis.

The Owner of a Factory Regularly Requests a Graphical Summary