AP Statistics
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Advanced Placement Statistics (AP Statistics or AP Stats) is a high school mathematics course offered by the College Board that, upon successful completion, will provide college credit for the student. This course is equivalent to a non-calculus-based introductory college statistics course. However, there are schools that are able to integrate BC Calculus into this course, offering an even greater challenge.
One of the College Board's more recent offerings, the first AP Statistics exam was administered in May 1997. AP Statistics is being phased out of many schools in New York, where it is now being replaced by number theory.
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[edit] General Topics Covered
- Exploration and Interpretation of Data (Categorical, Quantitative, Univariate, Bivariate)
- Graphs to represent Statistics (Bar graphs, Pie charts, Histograms, Ogives, Scatterplots)
- Normal Distributions
- Sampling Methods
- Experiments and Design
- Simulations
- Probability
- Random Variables
- Binomial and Geometric Distributions
- Sampling Distributions
- Statistical Inference
[edit] The Exam
The AP Statistics exam is three hours long with 90 minutes on its two sections: Multiple Choice and Free-Response. The free response section can present one of two types of problems: Question or Investigative Task. Each student is expected to bring a graphing calculator to the exam.
[edit] Grade Distributions
In the 2005 administration, 13,712 students took the exam from 1,316 schools. The mean score was a 2.84.
The grade distribution for 2005 was:
| Score | Percent |
|---|---|
| 5 | 12.6% |
| 4 | 22.8% |
| 3 | 25.3% |
| 2 | 19.2% |
| 1 | 20.1% |
[edit] References
[edit] Popular Textbooks
The Practice of Statistics by Daniel S. Yates, David S. Moore, and Daren S. Starnes.
