Q1 AP Statistics

This page contains the AP Statistics work assignments from the first quarter. Do not expect to receive any credit whatsoever for completing this work, unless you have made specific arrangements with Mr. Petto beforehand.

For current AP Statistics assignments, click on APstats in the menubar above.

Click here (or to the left on the chalkboard icon) to navigate to the LHS Google Classroom for AP Statistics. This is the principle spot for LHS AP Statistics online interaction.

The last day to retest or submit Q1 make-up work is one week before the end of the quarter: Thursday, October 12.

Important Upcoming Events

Our AP Statistics exam will occur at noon on Thursday, May 17th (2018) — check the CollegeBoard schedule page for more information including fees & discount possibilities.

Also, The Annual Greater Cleveland APstats Review is tentatively scheduled to take place Saturday morning, tentatively May 5th at John Carroll University. It will feature presentations by experienced AP Readers on test-taking skills and key content topics. Attendance & participation should help you maximize your test score. Highly recommended!

Homework & other assignments

Bookwork (aka “homework”) should be completed by the indicated day; and should be turned in at the beginning of class on the day of each chapter test. Assignments that are to be turned in online will have a deadline time on the due date specified online. Assignments other than bookwork should be turned in on the indicated date.

Day
Topic
Work
#
8/21 Welcome to APstats & Orientation:
Generating Statistical Questions
get textbook & initial paperwork
make folder-tag
1
8/22 The Mechanics of Good Polling read pp38-54; do P1.2-1.6 even,
P1.10-1.12 all; first online poll
2
8/23 Dotplots, Histograms, & Boxplots read pp60-63; do P1.14-1.18 even
Digital Passport Assignment
3
8/24 Ogives and Timeplots read pp69-74; do P1.28-1.32 even 4
8/25 Measuring Center read pp 75-81; do P1.34-1.38 even
(XCO1)
5
8/28 Measuring Spread I Special Problem 0
read pp84-88; do P1.40-1.44 even
6
8/29 Measuring Spread II read pp90-96 do P1.46-1.50 even 7
8/30 Changing Units of Measurement read pp103-105;
do P1.64-1.70 even
8
8/31 Describing and Comparing Distributions with Numbers catch up on homework ¿questions? 9
9/1 MCQ Practice; Chapter 1 Review review learning targets ¿questions? 10
  Labor Day (long weekend) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  
9/5 AP FRQ Trade & Grade - Ch1 Review AP FRQ 2006 #1 : bring to class !! 11
9/6 Chapter One Test prepare for test 12
9/7 Relative Standing:
z-scores and the mean
read pp113, 116-121
do P2.2-2.8 even
13
9/8 The Normal Distribution
and the Empirical Rule 68-95-99.7
read pp123-127, 130;
do P2.14-2.20 even
14
9/11 Normal Computations:
z-scores ⇄ percentiles
read pp139-141
do P2.24, 2.26, 2.29, 2.30
15
9/12

More Normal Calculations
Assessing Normality

read pp142-146
do P2.32-2.36 even
16
9/13 Automating Calculation of z-scores work on Case Closed!, p160 17
9/14 Case Closed, HW Qs & more complete Case Closed! p160 18
9/15 Practice Multiple-Choice Questions do P2.54-2.58 even 19
9/18 Review Chapter Two FRQs-ch2 a&b and a-d
re-read pp130, 157, 161-162
20
9/19 Chapter Two Test prepare for chapter two test 21
9/20 Comparing Funny - QCR read pp169, 171-173, 174-179
do P3.2-3.6 even
22
9/21 Measuring Linear Association:
QCR and Correlation
do P3.8-3.10 even 23
9/22 Two Variables: Form, Direction,
and Strength of a Relation
read pp184-188, 189-193
do P3.14-3.20 even
24
9/25 Test Two Recap - HW Discussion read pp199-203
do P3.30 & 3.32
25
9/26 Least Squares Regression (LSR): The Coefficients catch-up 26
9/27 LSR2: Fit & Residuals read pp205-209
do P3.33, 3.34-3.38 even
27
9/28 LSR3: Coefficient of Determination read pp214-218; do P3.40 & 3.42 28
9/29 LSR4: Regression Routines,
Recapitulated; begin SP3
read pp223-227, 233-237
do P3.44-3.48 even
29
10/2 Correlation and Regression Wisdom
Work on Special Problem 3
complete special problem 3
(SP3 & grading rubric)
30
10/3 Chapter Three FRQ Review Targets

read pp239-242
do P3.78, 3.80, 3.84, 3.86

31
10/4 Chapter Three MCQ Practice ø 32
10/5 Chapter Three Test prepare for Ch3 test
here are more practice MCQs also
one practice FRQ and its solution
33
10/6 Transforming Curved Associations ø 34
10/9 Exponential and Power Models read p257, pp259-265; do P4.3 35
10/10 Regression for Non-Linear Data
Teamwork
read pp267-275, 280-285, and 288
do P4.17
36
10/11 [short day - SAT] 1st period only ø 37
10/12     38
  NEOEA Day (long weekend) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  
10/16 2-Way Tables for Categorical Data read pp292-297
do P4.23,4.24-4.28 even
39
10/17 Simpson's Paradox read pp299-302
do P4.30, 4.38, 4.40
40
10/18 More Categorical Relations catch up on homework, as needed 41
10/19 Titanic Teamwork work on Titanic Teamwork 42
10/20 Diagraming Causality       {end Q1} work on Titanic Teamwork 43
   

Late work will be penalized up to 5% for each scheduled day that it is overdue. The formula used is:

\[adjusted\;score = {0.95^{days\;late}} \times original\;score\]

If events occur making it difficult or impossible to submit work on time, please discuss the matter as soon as possible and before that work is due.