STEP 1 Set Up Your Study Program,
1 What You Need to Know About the AP Statistics Exam,
Background Information,
Some Frequently Asked Questions About the AP Statistics Exam,
2 How to Plan Your Time,
Three Approaches to Preparing for the AP Statistics Exam,
Calendar for Each Plan,
STEP 2 Determine Your Test Readiness,
3 Take a Diagnostic Exam,
Interpretation: How Ready Are You?,
Section I: Multiple-Choice Questions,
Section II: Free-Response Questions,
Composite Score,
STEP 3 Develop Strategies for Success,
4 Tips for Taking the Exam,
General Test-Taking Tips,
Tips for Multiple-Choice Questions,
Tips for Free-Response Questions,
Specific Statistics Content Tips,
STEP 4 Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High,
5 Overview of StatisticsBasic Vocabulary,
Descriptive versus Inferential Statistics,
Quantitative versus Qualitative Data,
Collecting Data: Surveys, Experiments, Observational Studies,
Random Variables,
6 One-Variable Data Analysis,
Graphical Analysis,
Measures of Center,
Measures of Spread,
Position of a Term in a Distribution,
Normal Distribution,
Practice Problems,
Cumulative Review Problems,
Solutions to Practice Problems,
Solutions to Cumulative Review Problems,
7 Two-Variable Data Analysis,
Scatterplots,
Correlation,
Lines of Best Fit,
Residuals,
Coefficient of Determination,
Outliers and Influential Observations,
Transformations to Achieve Linearity,
Practice Problems,
Cumulative Review Problems,
Solutions to Practice Problems,
Solutions to Cumulative Review Problems,
8 Design of a Study: Sampling, Surveys, and Experiments,
Samples,
Sampling Bias,
Experiments and Observational Studies,
Practice Problems,
Cumulative Review Problems,
Solutions to Practice Problems,
Solutions to Cumulative Review Problems,
9 Probability and Random Variables,
Probability,
Random Variables,
Normal Probabilities,
Simulation and Random Number Generation,
Transforming and Combining Random Variables,
Rules for the Mean and Standard Deviation of Combined Random
Variables,
Practice Problems,
Cumulative Review Problems,
Solutions to Practice Problems,
Solutions to Cumulative Review Problems,
10 Binomial Distributions, Geometric Distributions, and Sampling
Distributions,
Binomial Distributions,
Normal Approximation to the Binomial,
Geometric Distributions,
Sampling Distributions,
Sampling Distributions of a Sample Proportion,
Practice Problems,
Cumulative Review Problems,
Solutions to Practice Problems,
Solutions to Cumulative Review Problems,
11 Confidence Intervals and Introduction to Inference,
Estimation and Confidence Intervals,
Confidence Intervals for Means and Proportions,
Sample Size,
Statistical Significance and P-Value,
The Hypothesis-Testing Procedure,
Type-I and Type-II Errors and the Power of a Test,
Practice Problems,
Cumulative Review Problems,
Solutions to Practice Problems,
Solutions to Cumulative Review Problems,
12 Inference for Means and Proportions,
Significance Testing,
Inference for a Single Population Mean,
Inference for the Difference Between Two Population Means,
Inference for a Single Population Proportion,
Inference for the Difference Between Two Population
Proportions,
Practice Problems,
Cumulative Review Problems,
Solutions to Practice Problems,
13 Inference for Regression,
Simple Linear Regression,
Inference for the Slope of a Regression Line,
Confidence Interval for the Slope of a Regression Line,
Inference for Regression Using Technology,
Practice Problems,
Cumulative Review Problems,
Solutions to Practice Problems,
Solutions to Cumulative Review Problems,
14 Inference for Categorical Data: Chi-Square,
Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test,
Inference for Two-Way Tables,
Practice Problems,
Cumulative Review Problems,
Solutions to Practice Problems,
Solutions to Cumulative Review Problems,
STEP 5 Build Your Test-Taking Confidence,
AP Statistics Practice Exam 1,
AP Statistics Practice Exam 2,
Appendixes,
Formulas,
Tables,
Bibliography,
Web Sites,
Glossary,
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