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Calendar for AP Stats – Chapter 1

Day 1:  1.1 Displaying Distributions with Graphs   Read p. 1-10; Reading Guide 1.1: 1-4;  p. 10:  pblm 1.5

Day 2:  Read p. 11-16;  Reading Guide:  6,7;   p. 11, 16: 1.6 – 1.8;
             Read p. 18-34.  Reading Guide 1.1: Finish

Day 3:  p. 34:  1.23, 1.24, 1.25, 1.28

Day 4:  p. 34: 1.26, 1.27, 1.29, 1.30

Day 5:  Quiz on 1.1;   Read 1.2 Describing distributions with numbers.  Reading Guide 1.2: complete.

Day 6: Box plot worksheet

Day 7: p. 62: 1.54, 1.55

Day 8: Review

Day 9: Test

Ch 1  Exploring Data Targets

Construct and interpret categorical variables of univariate data

Ø  Construct bar graphs and pie charts

Ø  Interpret bar graphs and pie charts

Construct and interpret quantitative variables of univariate data

Ø  Construct dotplots, stemplots, and histograms

Ø  Describe the center, spread, and shape

o   Symmetric/Skewed

o   Outliers 

Ø  Create relative frequency, cumulative frequency, percentiles, and ogives

Ø   Display and interpret a time plot

Summarizing distributions of univariate data

Ø  Measuring center:  mean, median,

o   Comparing mean and median

Ø  Measuring spread:  quartiles, interquartile range, five-number summary, standard deviation

Ø  Create boxplot and modified boxplot

Ø  Effects of changing units of measurements

Comparing distributions of univariate data

Ø  Categorical data:  side- by-side bar graphs

Ø  Quantitative data:  back-to-back stemplots and side-by-side boxplots\

o   Discuss the center, spread, shape, and outliers of two or more data sets