AP Statistics

AP Statistics data analysis is dependent on the use of technology. Students should have access to computers that include software capable of doing data analysis. Students will be required to interpret output generated by statistical software programs. Students are not expected to learn how to use various statistical programs. In addition one of the following Texas Instruments calculators is required, TI-83, TI-83+, TI-84, TI-84+, or a TI 89. The TI-83+ is the most popular calculator for AP Statistics. In most cases the calculator is sufficient but the fundamental tool of data analysis is the computer.

Prerequisites: Two years of high school algebra

Course Length: Two semesters or one block

Required Textbooks: The Practice of Statistics,TI-83/89 Graphing Calculator Enhanced, Second Edition Dan Yates, David S. Moore, Daren S. Starnes ISBN 0-7167-4773-173

Required Materials: TI-83 or TI-83+ calculator

Course Cost: $350/student per semester + required materials/texts

Course Outline

SEMESTER I

PART I. ORGANIZING DATA: LOOKING FOR PATTERNS AND DEPARTURES FROM PATTERNS 
Exploring Data 
The Normal Distributions 
Examining Relationships 
More on Two-Variable Data

PART II. PRODUCING DATA: SAMPLES, EXPERIMENTS, AND SIMULATIONS 
Producing Data

PART III PROBABILITY: FOUNDATIONS OF INFERENCE 
Probability: The Study of Randomness 
Random Variables

  

SEMESTER II

The Binomial and Geometric Distributions 
Sampling Distributions

PART IV. INFERENCE: CONCLUSIONS WITH CONFIDENCE 
Introduction to Inference 
Inference for Distributions 
Inference for Proportion 
Inference for Tables: Chi-Square Procedure 
Inference for Regression 

 

 

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