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
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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. |