In this article, there were several descriptive statistics examined.
             The survey that was used to collect the information asked not only yes/no
             questions, but also questions about more specific ideas, such as whether
             women who were not smoking now had smoked in the past and, if so, how much.
             The purpose of this paper is to discuss what the descriptive statistics
             were, as well as provide information about the display of data and whether
             or not it was adequate. Analysis of what illustrations would be
             appropriate will also be included in an effort to discuss how the data
             Descriptive statistics included several questions that were used to
             better understand maternal smoking behaviors. The surveys that were
             presented to the women in question asked the following questions (Pirkle &
             â–ª Tobacco use during pregnancy (yes/no) and average number of
             â–ª Cigarette smoking during pregnancy - average number of cigarettes
             per day for each period (three-month increments).
             â–ª Which statement best describes your cigarette smoking habits'
             â?– Smoke daily, about the same as before pregnancy.
             â?– Smoke daily, but have cut down on the amount.
             â?– Smoke every once in a while.
             â?– Quit smoking.
             â?– Didn't smoke before and don't smoke now.
             â–ª How many cigarettes did you smoke each day during each month of
             While many of these questions are very similar, there are subtle
             differences in the way that the questions are asked and in the time frames
             that are discussed. Because of this, all of the questions were very
             important and helped to make the data collected more descriptive and
             As for answers to the questions and what they tol
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