APstats = Advanced Placement Statistics

Advance Placement Statistics is an elective course wherein students develop major theories and techniques for collecting, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data. Students will be exposed to four broad conceptual themes: exploring data, designing a study, anticipating patterns in advance, and statistical inference. Solving real-life problems that require the use of statistical inference and a combination of statistical techniques will be emphasized. Technology will be used to develop understanding and work on large datasets. Students will present, defend, and critique statistical arguments.

Students enrolled in this course are expected to take the CollegeBoard AP Statistics examination in the Spring. Student taking this course are required to have a TI-83+ or higher graphing calculator.

eSAG Moodle

Click here (or to the left on the Moodle icon) and find a record of all of the slides and problems as worked out on our Promethean whiteboard from each day of class, and much more!

Important Upcoming Events:

For anyone who missed the 11.1 take-home quiz, here's an alternative version.

The next chapter test covering all of Chapter Eleven is scheduled for Friday, March 12.

Future chapter tests and sub-chapter quizzes will be listed alongside homework assignments below.

And most importantly...

the big day

...the CollegeBoard AP Statistics exam will occur on the afternoon of Tuesday, May 4, 2010; check their overall schedule page for more information including fees & reductions.

 

Homework

The following assignments should be turned in during class on each indicated day:

Day
Topic
Homework
#
1/25
The Geometric Setting “ogt” problem
89
1/26
Geometric Distributions read pp 539-549;
do P8.51, 8.52-8.58 even
90
1/27
Review for Chapter 8 Test take-home quiz 8.2
91
1/28
Chapter Eight Test study for chapter 8 test
92
1/29
Activity 8A pp 562-563, addendum read Activity 8A and email any questions to me before 8am
93
2/1
Sampling Distributions:
parameters, statistics, variability
watch video #18 Against All Odds
do P9.1 & 9.2 (read start of §9.1)
94
2/2
Sampling Distributions:
descriptions, bias, variability

read pp564-576 carefully
do P9.4, 9.8, 9.10

95
2/3
Calculation Review; Quiz 9.1 review §9.1;
do P9.11 & 9.12-9.18 even
96
2/4
Sample Proportions:
the Normal approximation

read pp581-587 carefully
do P9.20-9.24 even

97
2/5
Samples: mean and std deviation read pp591-595;
do P9.32-9.34 all
98
2/8
Samples: Central Limit Theorem complete take-home quiz 9.2
99
2/9
CLT Applications & Problems read pp598-601;
do P9.36, 9.38-9.40
100
2/10
Sample Mean Calculations

do one of P9.42, 9.44, 9.46 and
Case Closed 1-6 (p561, 604-605)

101
2/11
review for Chapter 9 test do P9.48-9.58 even
102
2/12
Chapter Nine Test study for chapter 9 test
103
2/16
Estimating with Confidence watch video #19 Against All Odds
read Case Study, Activity 10A, and Introduction carefully (pp615-618)
104
2/17
Confidence Intervals - the basics write-up Activity 10A, esp #7
read pp618-624; do P10.1 & 10.2
105
2/18
CI's - when sigma is known finish Activity 10A, incl. histogram
read pp626-632; P10.4-10.8 even
106
2/19
Determining Sample Size

finish reading 10.1; do P10.6b
and P10.18-10.26 even

107
2/22
Estimating a Population Mean

do take-home quiz 10.1;
read pp642-648;
do P10.28-10.32 even

108
2/23
Using t-intervals read pp651-657;
do P10.34-10.40 even
109
2/24
More t-procedure Practice;
Quiz 10.2
do P 10.41-10.44 all
110
2/25
Estimating a Population Proportion do Activity 10D 1-9
111
2/26
Proportion Problems do P10.58-10.64 even
112
3/1
More Estimation & Review do take-home quiz 10.3;
and Case Closed p677
113
3/2
Chapter Ten Test P10.66-10.74 even
114
3/2
Testing a Claim, Significance Tests

watch video #20 Against All Odds
read Case Study pg 685, and peruse pp 687-693

115
3/4
Null & Alternative Hypotheses

do P11.2-11.12 even

116
3/5
Statistical Significance do P11.16-11.26 even
117
3/8
z Test for Population Mean do take-home quiz 11.1; read pp704-709; do P11.28 & 11.30
118
3/9
Carrying Out Significance Tests finish §11.2; do P11.34,
11.36-11.38, &11.40; alt thQuiz4u?
119
3/10
Use & Abuse of Tests read §11.3 and §11.4;
do P11.44-52 even
120
3/11
Using Inference for Decisions do take-home quiz 11b
121
3/12
Chapter Eleven Test do P11.66-11.74 even
122
3/15
   
123
3/16
 

 

124
3/17
   
125
3/18
   
126
3/19
 

 

127
3/22
 

 

128
3/23
   
129
and on to Q4...  

Late work will be penalized 10% for each day that it is overdue.

Other Assignments

The following assignments should be turned in during class on each indicated day:

Day
Assignment
#
   
3
   
   
   
   
   

 

Oh, and here is a previous version of this page from the second quarter and a previous version of this page from the first quarter, for your reference.

 

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