Yates, Daniel S., Moore, David S., and Starnes, Daren S. The Practice of Statistics, 2nd ed. New York: W.H. Freeman, 2003.

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1 AP Statistic Course Requirements AP Statistics introduces students to the major concepts and tools for collecting, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data. This AP Statistics course is taught as an activity-based course in which students actively construct their own understanding of the concepts and techniques of statistics. [c4] Students are exposed to four broad conceptual themes, with appropriate emphasis given to each: Exploring Data: Describing patterns and departures from patterns Sampling and Experimentation: Planning and conducting a study Anticipating Patterns: Exploring random phenomena using probability and simulation Statistical Inference: Estimating population parameters and testing hypotheses AP Statistics draws connections between all aspects of the statistical process, including design, analysis, and conclusions. AP Statistics teaches students how to communicate methods, results, and interpretations using the vocabulary of statistics. Class discussion is encouraged to develop students ability to communicate statistically. AP Statistics teaches students how to use graphing calculators and demonstrates the use of computers and/or computer output to enhance the development of statistical understanding through exploring and analyzing data, assessing models, and performing simulations. Students who successfully complete the course and exam may receive credit, advanced placement, or both for a one-semester introductory college statistics course. Primary Textbook and Resource Materials Primary Textbook used in the course: Yates, Daniel S., Moore, David S., and Starnes, Daren S. The Practice of Statistics, 2nd ed. New York: W.H. Freeman, The following texts and resources are used as supplements in the teaching of the course: Yates, Daniel S., Moore, David S., Starnes, Daren S.. The Practice of Statistics. 2 nd ed. New York: W.H. Freeman, Problems assigned from YMS. Sample AP questions from AP Central web site Sternstein, Martin, How to Prepare for the AP Statistics (Barron's How to Prepare for the Ap Statistics Advanced Placement Examination) Miscellaneous information or problems from various web sites, magazines, and other study guides or references. TestBank CD-Rom for creation of quizzes and tests. Technology: All students have a TI-83/TI-83+/TI-84 graphing calculator for use in class, at home, and on the AP exam. Students will use their graphing calculator extensively throughout the course. All students will complete a familiarization exercise with Fathom. The teacher will demonstrate the use of the software throughout the course Various applets on the Internet. A great deal of useful information and data is available on the text book website. including online quizzes, statistical applets, statistics on the Web, DataSets and supplementary topics. 1 of 9

2 Notebook/Journals: All students will maintain a comprehensive notebook. The notebook will include a section for daily journal writing as well as notes, homework, tests/quizzes and reference sheets. Online homework using WebWork: All students have regular assignments via the web using the WebWork homework system. The WebWork system has an extensive collection of web-administered college level probability and statistic problems. I use WebWork with my AP Calculus class and have found it an invaluable addition to my my regular homework assignment. Each student gets an individualized problem set on each topic and each problem is graded instantly. 2 of 9

3 Course Content and Outline The following outline describes this course's content by unit as well as assignment, assessments, activities, and mini-projects. As a new teacher of AP Statistics, I have borrowed heavily from more experienced teachers. As an experienced teacher of AP Calculus (AB and BC) and AP Computer Science (A and AB) I fully expect to modify this syllabus heavily as the year progresses. 3 of 9

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9 Course Objectives Upon completion of the coursework, exam, and final project, it is expected that students will be proficient in the following areas: Statistical Concepts Describe the four major conceptual themes of statistics: Describing Data, Producing Data, Anticipating Patterns, and Statistical Inference. Statistical Skills Produce convincing oral and written statistical arguments, using appropriate terminology, in a variety of applied settings. Know when and how to use technology to aid them in solving statistical problems Statistical knowledge Employ techniques for producing data (surveys, experiments, observational studies, simulations), analyzing data (graphical & numerical summaries), modeling data (probability, random variables, sampling distributions), and drawing conclusions from data (inference procedures confidence intervals and significance tests) Statistical Habits of mind Become critical consumers of published statistical results by heightening awareness of ways in which statistics can be improperly used to mislead, confuse, or distort the truth. 9 of 9