AP Statistics Page
Welcome to the Advanced Placement Statistics Page!
AP Statistics is appropriate for students that have completed Advanced Algebra with a B average or above and who are strong English students. While the mathematics operations utilized for AP Statistics are not notably difficult, the course requires students to do quite a bit more reading and writing than they may be used to in a typical mathematics course. AP Statistics students learn to look at situations, determine appropriate data collection methods, select and run appropriate statistical tests on the data, and then interpret the results. A strong emphasis is placed upon student ability to communicate mathematics in written form.
The course consists of seven units in addition to studying for the AP Exam. The units are as follows: Exploring and Understanding Data, Regression, Collecting Data, Probability, Inference for Proportions, Inference for Means, and Inference for Counts and Slope.
Assignments for this course are listed below. For the book assignments, the problems in bold will be graded and should be completed independently demostrating your highest quality work. Students are expected to completely read every chapter from which problems are assigned.
Unit 1 (Explorning and Understanding Data - Chapters 1 through 6) Assignments:
Collect data about students in class and create a display describing the average AP Stats student
Book Ch 2: p16-18 (5, 7, 8, 9, 15, 12, 16)
Veiw in class ActivStats - I, 2, 2 Understanding Context of Data, Learn About the Three W's, Review Data Terminology
Collect Data for Chapter 3 Notes RE: Political Veiws of Classmates
Book Ch 3: p36-43(7, 11, 14, 23, 29, 6, 16, 22, 30)
Find a graph in a newspaper, magazine, or on the internet that is a violation of the Area Principle. Explain, in a short paragraph, how this graph is misleading and what should be changed to improve it. Be prepared to discuss Bad Graphs in class.
Count the number of pairs of shoes you own. You will need to share this information with the class in order to complete your chapter 4 notes.
Collect data in preparation for chapter 4 notes: Shoe size, number of pairs of shoes owned, guesses about teacher's age
Begin collecting personal data about number of hours of television watched - you will need to share data for one week with the class in order to complete chapter 5 notes.
Book Ch 4: p72-78(4, 5, 7, 14, 17, 28, 6, 10, 12, 30)
View outside of class ActivStats I, 4, 1 - Three "Learn About..." Clips; I, 4, 3 - Two "Learn About..." Clips
View in class ActivStats I, 4, 2 - Two "Learn About..." Clips, One "Practice..." Activitiy; I, 4, 4 - Two "Learn About..." Clips, "Work With Histograms to Understand Spread", "Review Measures of Spread"
Investigative Task: Race and the Death Penalty
Roll Until Doubles Activity - Using TI graphing calculator
Penny Weight Activity - using given data or collecting data
Share and collect TV watching data in preparation for Chapter 5 notes
Book Ch 5: p95-103(5, 7, 11, 15, 19, 20, 21, 26, 29, 31, 35, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32)
Book Ch 6: p129-133(3, 7, 13, 15, 27, 29, 31, 2, 12, 16, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 42, 46)