Title Page
Copyright
Acknowledgments
Contents
Part I: Using This Book to Improve Your AP Score
Preview: Your Knowledge, Your Expectations
Your Guide to Using This Book
How to Begin
Part II: About the AP Statistics Exam
How the AP Statistics Exam Is Structured
Overview of Content Topics
How AP Exams Are Used
Other Resources
Designing Your Pacing Plan
On The Day of The Test
Part III: Test-Taking Strategies for the AP Statistics Exam
1. How to Approach Multiple-Choice Questions
2. How to Approach Free-Response Questions
3. How to Use Your Calculator
Part IV: Content Review for the AP Statistics Exam
4. Exploring Data
Observing Patterns and Departures from Patterns
Collecting Data
Tabular Methods
Graphical Methods for Qualitative Data
Graphical Methods for Quantitative Data
Numerical Methods for Continuous Variables
Boxplots
The Effect of Changing Units on Summary Measures
Comparing Distributions of Two or More Groups
Exploring Bivariate Data
Exploring Categorical Data: Frequency Tables
Chapter 4 Review Questions
Chapter 4 Answers and Explanations
5. Sampling and Experimentation
Planning a Study
Overview of Methods of Data Collection
Planning and Conducting Surveys
Bias in Surveys
Planning and Conducting Experiments
Chapter 5 Review Questions
Chapter 5 Answers and Explanations
6. Anticipating Patterns
Probability
Random Variables and Their Probability Distributions
The Probability Distributions of Discrete Random Variables
The Probability Distributions of Continuous Random Variables
The Normal Distribution
Combining Independent Random Variables
Sampling Distributions
Chapter 6 Review Questions
Chapter 6 Answers and Explanations
7. Statistical Inference
Confirming Models
Parameters and Statistics
Estimation
Point Estimation
Interval Estimation and the Confidence Interval
Inference: Tests of Significance
Estimation and Inference Problems
Estimation for and Inference About a Population Proportion p
Estimation for and Inference About a Population Mean ฮผ
Estimation of and Inference About the Difference in Population Proportions (p1 โ p2)
Estimation of and Inference About the Difference in Population Means (ฮผ1 โ ฮผ2)
Making an Inference Using Categorical Data
Review of Formulas on the Exam
Chapter 7 Review Questions
Chapter 7 Answers and Explanations
Part V: Practice Tests
8. Practice Test 1
9. Practice Test 1: Answers and Explanations
10. Practice Test 2
11. Practice Test 2: Answers and Explanations
Appendix: Formulas and Tables
About the Author
