AP Statistics

The purpose of this AP course in Statistics is to introduce student to the major concepts and tools for collecting, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data.  AP Statistics involves the study of four main areas: exploratory analysis, planning a study, probability, and statistical inference.  Upon entering this course students are expected to have mathematical maturity and quantitative reasoning ability.  Mathematical maturity could be defined as a complete working knowledge of the graphical and algebraic concepts through Math Analysis, including linear, quadratic, exponential, and logarithmic functions.  In contrast to many math classes, this course will require reading of the text.  Students must be prepared to do a significant amount of reading of word problems and writing in mathematical context in the course.  At the conclusion of this course students may take the AP Statistics exam and possibly earn 3 college credits.  This course is taught as a college level course and covers one semester of college Statistics.

• Get a syllabus.  Return the back page signed by parent/guardian.

• Get an assigned calculator/phone storage number.

• Sign up for Canvas (Both Periods  4GXAL7)

• Download PDF of book (in Teams...eventually)

• Sign up for Khan Academy ( 1st Period K7EDCZE5     -      2nd Period  52PKP4)

Semester 1

• Ch 01 - Exploring Data

• Ch 02 - Modeling Distributions of Data

• Ch 04 - Designing Studies

• Ch 05 - Probability

• Ch 06 - Random Variables

• Ch 07 - Sampling Distributions

Semester 1 Exam (Multiple Choice Questions from Canvas)

Semester 2

• Ch 08.1, 08.2, 09.1, 09.1, 10.1 - Inference with Proportions

• Ch 08.3, 09.3, 10.2 - Inference with Means

• Ch 11 - Inference for Categorical Data - Chi Square

• Ch 03 - Describing Relationships

• Ch 12 - More about Regression

Final Exam (Multiple Choice Questions from Canvas)

College Board Classroom (code given out in October)

• 1 year of UC education costs about $30,000 for 30 credits ($3,000 for 3 credits).  The AP test cost is about $100 for 3 credits.

• Passing the test looks great on college applications.

• If your college major does not require upper level mathematics, you could satisfy your math requirement early.

• If you earn enough credits you can get priority scheduling over other freshman.

• TI-84 Tips

• Formula Sheets and Tables

• Syllabus

• Khan Academy   

• Schoology

• College Board Classroom

• Total Registration (for AP Exams)