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?
1. Inferential statistics
2. Descriptive statistics
3. Evidence-based practice
4. Secondary use of data
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Explanation: 2. Descriptive statistics concisely describe phenomena such as births by providers.
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