APstats

Advance Placement Statistics is an elective course in which 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-84+ or higher graphing calculator...preferably a
TI-nspire calculator (loaners are available.)

 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 for any retesting or submission of any Q3 make-up work is one week before the end of the quarter. Any of this must be complete from you by Thursday, March 10th.

Important Upcoming Events

All written homework for each topic must be turned in before you take your test, on the day the test is scheduled. Online homework is due throughout each topic. Completing homework throughout the topic is important — it allows questions to arise that clarify understanding.

Our AP Statistics exam will occur at noon on Friday, May 15th — check the CollegeBoard schedule page for more information including fees & discount possibilities. Questions? Ask me!

Also, The Annual Greater Cleveland APstats Review is tentatively scheduled to take place two or three Saturdays before the CollegeBoard test, at John Carroll University. It will feature presentations by experienced AP Readers on test-taking skills and will review key content topics. Attendance & participation will help you maximize your test score. Highly recommended!

Homework & other assignments

Bookwork (aka “written 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 Due
#
1/6 Binomial Distributions and
Binomial Distribution Calculations		 {no assignment} 81
1/7 Normal Approximation of B(n,p)
Binomial Distribution Teamwork		 binomial distro video assignment
read pp513-523; do P8.8-8.12 even
 82
1/8 Geometric Distributions and
Geometric Distribution Calculations		 do K.P1 & K.Q1; read pp524-529
do P8.14-8.26 even		 83
1/9 Airline Overbooking Teamwork do K.P2 & K.P3
do P8.42-8.50 even
 84
1/10 Practice Binomial/Geometric MCQs do K.P4 & K.Q2
complete Case Closed! pp554-555
 85
1/13 Practice Binomial/Geometric FRQs do K.UT; bring/send Qs for review 86
1/14 MathModeling Climate Change catch up on hw, as necessary 87
1/15 Chapter Eight Test prepare for ch 8 exam 88
1/16 Sampling Distributions 101
Sampling Distribution Dynamics		 sampling distro video assignment
do P9.1 & 9.2 (read start of §9.1)		 89
1/17 Sampling Proportions:
the Normal approximation		 read pp564-576 carefully
do P9.4, 9.8, 9.10		 90
1/21 Samples: Mean and Std Deviation,
and Central Limit Theorem (CLT)		 read pp564-576 again
do P9.12-9.16 even		 91
1/22

A Variety of Sampling Distribution
Practice Problems: x-bar & p-hat

 read pp581-595; do K.Q1 & K.Q2
do P9.26-9.30 even		 92
1/23

Ch 9 Sampling Distribution MCQs

 read pp591-595, 598-601
do P9.42-9.46 even; do K.UT		 93
1/24 Ch 9 Sampling Distribution FRQs

do P9.52, 9.56, 9.58

 94
1/27 Chapter Nine Test prepare for test
try III.5 and III.8 on p611 (xc hw)		 95
1/28 Introduction to Confidence Intervals conf intervals video assignment 96
1/29 Introducing t-confidence intervals read §10.2 pp642-648
do P10.28-10.32 even		 97
1/30 t-confidence intervals in depth read §10.2 pp651-657
do P10.33, 10.34, 10.36		 98
1/31 z is for Proportions: another C.I. do P10.38-10.40 all 99
2/3 Flipping Kisses Activity 10D read activity 10D carefully p663
read §10.3 do P10.52-10.56 even		 100
2/4     101
2/5 confidence interval MCQ practice do P10.58-10.64 even 102
2/6 confidence interval FRQ practice do Case Closed! p677 103
2/7 Chapter Ten Test prepare for test 104
2/10 Testing a Claim About a Population read Case Study, p685 !!
and pp688-693		 105
2/11 P-values and test-statistics:
their computation & meaning		 read pp687-698 – making notes
do P11.2-11.12 even
 106
2/12 Type I and Type II Errors sig-test video task; read pp699-703
do P11.16-11.26 even		 107
2/13 Carrying Out Significance Tests read §11.3 and §11.4;
do P11.44-52 even
complete online video assignment		 108
2/18 Use & Abuse of Tests do P11.66-11.74 even 109
2/19 The Chances of a Type II Error catch up on homework problems
read or re-read §11.4 very carefully		 110
2/20 Hypothesis Tests on the Calculator do Case Closed! p735 111
2/21 Hypothesis Test MCQ Practice finish all Khan Questions 112
2/24 Hypothesis Test FRQ Practice one of two four-step t-tests 113
2/25 Chapter Eleven Test prepare for test 114
2/26     115
2/27     116
2/28     117
3/2     118
3/3     119
3/4     120
3/5     121
3/6     122
3/9     123
3/10     124
3/11     125
3/12     126
3/13     127
3/16     128
3/17     129
3/19     130
3/19     131
3/20     132
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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.

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