Michelle has just discovered state statistics regarding the average length of stay in acute, short-term hospitals for appendectomy patients. She runs a report of patients having undergone an appendectomy in the past year at her hospital so she can compare her hospital's average length of stay to that of other hospitals in the state. What is Michelle doing?
A. calculating variance
B. standardizing statistics
C. benchmarking
D. summarizing
Answer: C
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