AP Statistics

Syllabus

Fr. Chris Thiel, OFMCap
SFHS
2000-2001

Topics

  • Mean, Median, Quartiles
  • Stem & Leaf Plots
  • Histograms
  • Probability
  • Confidence Intervals, Z scores
  • Types of Distributions
  • Basic Probability Theory
  • Hypothesis Testing
  • Scatterplot
  • Correlation
  • Linear Regression
  • Chi-Square
  • Experimental Design
  • Critique of Analysis

Computational Methods

  • Manual Methods
  • TI 83 and other graphic calculators
  • HTML, Javascript, Java
  • Excel, Filemaker, (Studyworks)
  • Mathematica

Projects (25%)

  • Observational Statistics: Economics, Financial or History Project
  • Experimental Design: Poll or Scientific Project
  • Analysis of Data, Misuse of Statistical methods
  • Computer Data Processing
  • Computer Based Lessons
  • Practice AP Examinations

Homework(25%)

  • Study Questions from Reading Assignments
  • Computational Exercises
  • Web-Page Assignments

Examinations (50%)

  • Online Quizzes
  • Speed Quizzes
  • Section Tests
  • Quarterly Exams
Your Quarterly Grade will be based on your performance after dropping your low homework score, your low online quiz score and your low speed quiz score. The Projects, Section Tests and Quarterly examinations will all count toward your grade. Those taking the AP examination are excused from a 15-20 page Paper on "Data Analysis and Misuse of Statistical Methods" (a good source would be the books 200% of Nothing and How to Lie with Statistics.