About AP Statistics

The AP Statistics course introduces students to the major concepts and tools for collecting, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data. There are four themes evident in the content, skills, and assessment in the AP Statistics course: exploring data, sampling and experimentation, probability and simulation, and statistical inference. Students use technology, investigations, problem solving, and writing as they build conceptual understanding.

Skills You'll Learn

• Selecting methods for collecting or analyzing data

• Describing patterns, trends, associations, and relationships in data

• Using probability and simulation to describe probability distributions and define uncertainty in statistical inference

• Using statistical reasoning to draw appropriate conclusions and justify claims