Chapter 1.1

  1. Statistics is the science of collecting, organizing, summarizing, and analyzing information to draw conclusions or answer questions. It is also about providing a measure of confidence in any conclusions.
  2. An INDIVIDUAL is a person or object that is a member of the population being studied.
  3. A STATISTIC is a numerical summary of a sample. A PARAMETER is a numerical summary of a population.
  4. Parameter.
  5. Statistic.
  6. Parameter.
  7. Statistic.
  8. Qualitative.
  9. Quantitative.
  10. Quantitative.
  11. Qualitative.
  12. Discrete.
  13. Continuous.
  14. Continuous.
  15. Discrete.
  16. Nominal.
  17. Ratio.
  18. Ordinal.
  19. Ratio.
  20. The population is 13 to 17 year olds who live in the United States. The sample in the study is the 1028 teenagers that are 13 to 17 years old who live in the United States.

Chapter 1.2

  1. Experiment.
  2. Observational study