AP Statistics

Actively construct your own understanding of the methods, interpretation, communication, and application of statistics. Each unit is framed by ideas and questions designed to provide you with a deep understanding of the concepts at hand, rather than memorization and emulation.

Major Concepts:

Exploring Data

• Classifying Variables
• Describing Data
• Displaying Data
• Measuring Position
• Normal Distribution

Exploring Relationships

• Scatterplots and Correlation
• Least-Squares Regression
• Transformations

Collecting Data

• Sampling and Surveys
• Correlation Versus Causation

Probability and Random Variables

• Randomness and Simulations
• Probability
• Random Variables
• Binomial and Geometric Random Variables

Sampling Distributions and Confidence Intervals

• Sampling Distributions and Proportions
• Sample Means
• Confidence Intervals for Proportions
• Confidence Intervals for Means

Proportions

• Hypothesis Testing- One Proportion
• Errors, Power, and Significance
• Confidence Intervals- Two Proportions
• Hypothesis Testing- Two Proportions

Means and Slope

• Hypothesis Testing- One Sample Mean
• Comparing Two Means
• Matched Pairs
• Linear Regression and Interval for Slope

Chi-Square

• Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test
• Chi-Square Test for Inference