The nurse is explaining the difference between descriptive statistics and inferential statistics to a group of student nurses. To illustrate descriptive statistics, what would the nurse use as an example?
1. A positive correlation between breastfeeding and infant weight gain
2. The infant mortality rate in the state of Oklahoma
3. A causal relationship between the number of sexual partners and sexually transmitted infections
4. The total number of spontaneous abortions in drug-abusing women as compared with non-drug-abusing women
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Explanation: 2. The infant mortality rate in the state of Oklahoma is a descriptive statistic, because it describes or summarizes a set of data.
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