BHS: 616 W. Main Street • Barrington, IL 60010
AP Statistics
This course will emphasize exploring data, planning a study, anticipating
patterns, and statistical inference. The focus of the course is to interpret
data and draw conclusions from the data. This is a hands on course rather
than a theory course. The syllabus suggested by Advanced Placement
will be followed. Students completing this course are expected to take
the Advanced Placement Statistics Exam. Students are required to bring
a TI-83, TI-84 or TI-89 graphing calculator to class on a daily basis.
Enduring Understandings
Construct and interpret graphical displays of univariate data distributions |
Summarize and compare distributions of univariate data |
Explore bivariate and categorical data |
Identify center, spread, cluster, gaps, outliers, and shape of data |
Measure median, mean, range, interquartile range, standard deviation, quartiles, percentiles, and z-scores |
Use box plots |
Compare center and spread, clusters and gaps, outliers and other unusual features, and shapes |
Analyze patterns in scatter plots |
Identify correlation and linearity |
Identify least-squares regression line |
Identify residual plots, outliers, and influential points |
Apply transformations to achieve linearity |
Identify frequency tables and bar charts |
Identify marginal and joint frequencies for two-way tables |
Identify conditional relative frequencies and association |
Compare distributions using bar charts |
Identify census and sample survey |
Identify experiment |
Identify observational study |
Identify characteristics of surveys |
Identify populations |
Identify samples |
Identify random selections |
Identify sources of bias in sampling and surveys |
Identify sampling methods |
Identify characteristics of experiments |
Identify treatments, control groups, experimental units, random assignments, and replication |
Identify sources of bias and confounding |
Identify randomized design |
Identify randomized block design |
Interpret probability |
Interpret long-run relative frequency |
Apply law of large numbers |
Apply addition rule |
Apply multiplication rule |
Apply conditional probability |
Apply independence |
Identify discrete random variables |
Identify probability distributions |
Simulate random behavior |
Simulate probability distributions |
Calculate mean |
Calculate standard deviation |
Apply linear transformation of a random variable |
Identify the notion of independence versus dependence |
Apply mean and standard deviation for sums and differences of independent random variables |
Apply properties of normal distribution |
Use tables of normal distribution |
Use the normal distribution as a model for measurement |
Identify sampling distributions of a sample proportion |
Identify sampling distributions of a sample mean |
Apply central limit theorem |
Identify sampling distributions of a difference between two independent sample proportions |
Identify sampling distributions of a difference between two independent sample means |
Apply simulations of sampling distributions |
Estimating population parameters |
Estimating margins of error |
Apply properties of point estimators |
Apply logic of confidence intervals, meaning of confidence level and confidence intervals |
Apply properties of confidence intervals |
Identify large sample confidence interval for a proportion |
Identify large sample confidence interval for a difference between two proportions |
Identify confidence interval for a mean |
Identify confidence interval for a difference between two means |
Identify confidence interval for the slope of a least-squares regression line |
Apply logic of significance testing, null and alternative hypotheses; p-values; one- and two-sided tests; concepts of Type I and Type II errors; concept of power |
Apply large sample test for a proportion |
Apply large sample test for a difference between two proportions |
Test for a mean |
Test for a difference between two means |
Apply Chi-square test for goodness of fit, homogeneity of proportions, and independence |
Test for the slope of a least-square regression line |
Null hypotheses |
Alternative hypotheses |
P-values |
Type I errors |
Type II errors |
Goodness of fit |
Homogeneity of proportions |
Slope of a least-squares regression line |
Essential Questions
How do we organize data and look for patterns and departure from patterns? |
How do produce reliable data using samples, experiments, and simulations? |
What is probability? |
What is statistical inference? |
How do we draw conclusions with confidence? |
Essential Vocabulary
Dot plot | Stem plot | Histogram | Cumulative |
Frequency plot | Back to back stem plot | Parallel box plots | Logarithmic transformation |
Power transformation | Simple random sampling | Stratified random sampling | Cluster sampling |
Placebo effect | Blinding | Matched pairs design | Binomial distribution |
Geometric distribution | t-distribution | Chi-distribution | Unbiasedness |
Variability | Unpaired | Paired | One-way table |
Two-way table |
Units of Study
Patterns |
Sampling |
Experimentation |
Random Phenomena |
Probability and Simulation |
Population Parameters |
Testing Hypotheses |