1 Statistics is the science of collecting, organizing, summarizing, and analyzing information to draw conclusions or answer questions. Statistics is also about providing a measure of confidence in any conclusions.

3 An individual is a person or object that is a member of the population being studied.

5 A statistic is a numerical summary of a sample.

7 parameter

9 statistic

11 parameter

13 statistic

15 qualitative

17 quantitative

19 quantitative

21 qualitative

23 discrete

25 continuous

27 continuous

29 discrete

31 Nation of origin: nominal level of measurement

33 Volume of water used by a household in a day: ratio level of measurement

35 Highest degree conferred in school: ordinal level of measurement

37 Assessed value of a house: ratio level of measurement

39 population: people who have been prescribed medications for any mental disorders, such as depression or anxiety sample: 1028 teens from age 13 to 17 and live in the United States