The Nurse Is Explaining the Difference Between Descriptive Statistics and Inferential

Multiple Choice

The nurse is explaining the difference between descriptive statistics and inferential statistics to a group of student nurses. To illustrate descriptive statistics, the nurses uses as an example:

A) A positive correlation between breastfeeding and infant weight gain.
B) The infant mortality rate in the state of Oklahoma.
C) A causal relationship between the number of sexual partners and sexually transmitted diseases.
D) The total number of spontaneous abortions in drug-abusing women as compared with non-drug-abusing women.