Mrs. Amanda Harrison

AP StatisticsSyllabus

Mrs. Amanda Harrison

I. General Information

Room Number: 2410School Phone: (281) 641-7794

Email:

Tutorial Times:Mondays 3:00 – 3:30, Tuesdays 3:00 – 3:30, and Wednesdays (Make-up and Reassessment Only) 3:00 – 4:00. Morning tutoring by appointment.

II. Supplies

Materials: Notes (Paper), Pencil, Statistics Notebook or folder, textbook.

Calculators: TI-84 Plus calculators will be provided to each student for use. These calculators cannot be checked out of the classroom. Students are encouraged to purchase their own calculator to become comfortable with before the AP exam. Students will be allowed to use TI-83s, TI-84s, TI-84 Plus’, TI-89s, and TI-Inspires on the AP exam. However, I will be modeling problems in class with a TI-84 Plus. Their textbook has directions on using a TI-89, as well.

III. Classroom Expectations, Rules, and Consequences

SCHOOL RULES SAY:

***Although AHS is a BYOD campus now, it is the Teacher’s choice iftheir classroom is a Green Zone. My class will be a red zone unless otherwise stated. If you are caught with any electronic device on your person during a quiz or test, you will receive a zero for the assignment and will not be allowed to make it up. ***

***Only bottled water is allowed in the classroom.***

Class Rules:Consequences:

1. Be respectful to faculty/staff, the teacher, your peers, and yourself. 1. Redirection of behavior

2. Be positive and participate in class. 2. Teacher / student conference

3. Bring materials to class (pencil/pen, paper, notes, etc.). **(Possible teacher-issued d-hall)

4. Follow directions the first time given. 3. Parent / guardian contact

5. Be proactive in your behavior and work. 4. Referral to Principal

**If classroom rules are broken or classroom disruption occurs due to your behavior, you will be assigned a 30 minute teacher detention before or after school. Failure to attend teacher detention will result in a referral to your principal and a further consequence will be assigned. All campus rules are subject to immediate principal referrals.

Expections:

Warm-Ups: Read the agenda on the board/screen. Noise level is silent.Warm-ups are to be done independently.
Turning in Homework: Have homework out on desk ready to turn in at the beginning of class. If turned in after the beginning of class, the homework will be considered late.
Class Work: Everyone is expected to work on class work. You will be expected to have your book in order to do classwork. Show your work! Class work can be used as a study tool later. Turn in class work at the teacher’s desk before you leave class that day.
Group and Lab work: Do not make any negative comments when you are assigned to your group. Be respectful and encouraging to your peers. You should only be talking to the members of your group and only about the project or activity. Each person should be actively involved with the project. You can ask questions and get help once your group has discussed the solution.
Quiz Time: You MUST use pencil on quizzes. Quizzes are to be worked on independently. I want to know what YOU know, not what your neighbor knows. Turn in when finished and remain quiet until THE TEACHER says everyone is finished.
TESTS: You MUST use pencil on tests. Place your binders, bags, backpacks, purses, etc. at the front of the classroom. Turn test in when finished and remain quiet until THE TEACHER says everyone is finished. If you are knowingly going to be absent, please make arrangements to take the test early, as soon as possible. If you are unable to schedule a date, you will be advised to take the make-up exam. If you miss a test for any reason, you will have ONE week to make‐up the exam. Specific circumstances will be addressed in an individual manner. Unfortunately due to time constraints, there will not be an opportunity for reassessment for missed or absent exams.
Calculator Use: Respect the calculators. It is a privilege that you get to use them. Do not write or press on the calculator screen. Do not take out the batteries. Please inform the teacher if the calculator will not turn on. Do not peel the stickers or tape off of the calculator. The calculators are not to leave the classroom. Calculators are to be put away before you leave class. Place your calculator in the designated slot. (They are numbered.)
Restroom: Per school rules, students may not use the restroom during the first or last 10 minutes of class. You cannot use the restroom during lessons. If you need to go to the restroom, raise your hand and ask politely.
Completing Homework: Before you start, put your name on your homework. Write the original problem down. Show all work. Indicate what the answer is (box it, circle it, etc.). Number problems.

IV. Grading Policy

Formative Assessments: Academic Practice, Daily Grades, Exit tickets, Labs and Quizzes = 25%

Summative Assessments: Tests & Projects = 75%

Assignments will be checked and graded periodically. Answers only will NOT be acceptable. DO NOT COPY work from another student. This will result in a ZERO and disciplinary action. Homework may be used on warm-ups and quizzes so it is important that you show your work.
Reading: It is essential that you read the textbook. Any time I assign practice problems, you should also read the relevant section. Your book has more examples than I have time to do in class, and can often be helpful as a different way to present the material. In college you will often be assessed on parts of the book not mentioned in lecture, so it is important to begin honing your skills at reading math textbooks!
Practice Problems: The only way to really learn statistics is to practice it! You will have problems assigned daily that must be completed before the next class meeting, when we will check them together.
Tests: Like the AP Exam, your tests will be made up of both multiple choice and free response questions.
Projects and Labs: Our course material gives ample opportunity for labs and projects. Often they will take place in class, but sometimes are assigned for home. For any group project you are expected to be an active participant, and should be prepared to reflect on and communicate the results of the activity yourself.

V. How to be Successful in a Math Class

Attend class every day
Follow class procedures, expectations and school rules
Do assignments on the day it’s assigned
Attend tutorials when absent or for extra help
Keep an organized notebook or folder
Check your class status on Home Access Center (HAC) regularly
Use the on-line resources and tutorial videos when you need extra help

VI. Helpful links

AP Stats Monkey
College Board

We are going to make this school year a great one!

Mrs. Harrison

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 as an aid 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.

Course Outline

This is a rough schedule of what you can expect during the course. Exact placement and number of quizzes and/or tests is subject to change.

FALL SEMESTER:

Chapter 5: Producing Data

Vocabulary Terms
Observational study vs. experiment
Designing samples
Simple random samples
Stratified, multistage, block sampling designs
Sampling cautions – bias, under-coverage, non-response, confounding variables
Using the random digit table to sample
Designing comparative experiments
Control groups and randomization
Treatment, observations, analysis
Blind and double-blind experiments

Quiz

Simulating experiments using the TI-83
Review and AP questions

Test – Chapter 5

Chapter 1: Exploring Data

Vocabulary terms
Creating and interpreting bar charts, dotplots, histograms, time plots, stem-and-leaf plots, box and whisker plots
Describing overall patterns of distributions and/or graphs using shape, center, spread, and outliers

Quiz

Using the five number summary and quartiles
Measuring spread using standard deviation
Review and AP exam questions

Test – Chapter 1

Chapter 2: Normal Distributions

Vocabulary terms
Density curves
Mean and median of distributions
Normal curves
68-95-99.7 rule of thumb for approximating percentiles in a normal distribution

Quiz

Standardizing observations and using z-scores
Assessing normality
Review and AP exam questions

Test – Chapter 2

Chapter 3: Examining Relationships

Vocabulary terms
Graphing and describing scatterplots using form, direction, strength, and outliers
Finding and interpreting the correlation coefficient

Quiz

Finding the least squares regression line
Interpreting the slope and intercept of the LSRL
Graphing and using residual plots
Understanding the coefficient of determination
Influential observations
Review and AP exam questions

Test – Chapter 3

Chapter 4: More on Two-Variable Data

Vocabulary Terms
Graphing nonlinear relationships and residuals
Transforming data using logarithms

Quiz

Extrapolation
Lurking variables and causation
Relationships in categorical data
Marginal and conditional distributions
Simpson’s Paradox
Review and AP exam questions

Test – Chapter 4

Chapter 6 – Probability

Vocabulary terms
Understanding the long-run relative frequency interpretation of probability
Defining sample spaces
Probability models: using a tree diagram and the multiplication rule
Probability rules
Independence and sampling

Quiz

General multiplication rule
Conditional probability
Independent events
Unions and intersections of events
Review and AP exam questions

Test – Chapter 6

Chapter 7: Random Variables

Vocabulary terms
Discrete and continuous random variables and their graphs
Finding the mean and variance of a discrete random variable
Law of Large Numbers
Rules for linear combinations of means and variances

Quiz

Review and AP exam questions

Test – Chapter 7

SPRING SEMESTER

Chapter 8: Binomial and Geometric Random Variables

Vocabulary terms
The binomial setting and binomial formula
Comparing the graphs of the p.d.f. and c.d.f.
Mean and standard deviation of binomials
Using the normal approximation to the binomial random variable

Quiz

The geometric setting and using probability rules
Mean of a geometric random variable
Review and AP questions

Test – Chapter 8

Chapter 9: Sampling Distributions

Vocabulary terms
Defining inference
Parameters vs. statistics
Sampling variability
Sampling distributions – describe using shape, outliers, center, spread
Relationship between sample size and sampling variability, rules of thumb
Bias vs. variability

Quiz

Sampling distribution, mean, and standard deviation of sample means
Using z-scores and graphs with sampling distributions
Central Limit Theorem
Review and AP questions

Test – Chapter 9

Chapters 10 - 12: Introduction to Inference

Confidence Intervals for 1-Sample

Vocabulary terms
Finding confidence intervals for a pop. mean
Graphs of confidence intervals
Behavior of confidence intervals
Margin of error and relationship to sample size
Determining sample size
Conditions and cautions

Quiz

The t distribution
Degrees of freedom
Finding and interpreting t-confidence intervals for one sample with unknown population standard deviation
Sample sizes for t procedures
Conditions/assumptions for inference on proportions
1-proportion z-procedures for confidence intervals
Using margin of error to determine sample size

Quiz

Review and AP exam questions

Test – Confidence Intervals

Significance Tests for 1-Sample

Vocabulary terms
Outline of a test of significance
Writing hypotheses for tests of significance
P-values and statistical significance
Interpreting graphs in relation to significance
Procedure for significance tests with and without fixed α
Finding the one sample t-statistics and completing t-tests of significance
Using one-sample t-test for matched pairs design

Quiz

1-proportion z-procedures for significance tests
Relationship of sig. tests to confidence intervals
Type I and Type II errors
Power of a test

Quiz

Review and AP exam questions

Test – Significance Tests

2-Population Procedures

Vocabulary terms
Compare & contrast matched pairs with two independent samples
Two-sample t procedures for tests and confidence intervals
Degrees of freedom for two samples
Robustness of t procedures
Confidence intervals and significance tests for the difference between proportions

Quiz

Review and AP exam questions

Test – 2-Population Procedures

Chapter 13: Inference for Distributions

Vocabulary terms
Chi-square goodness of fit tests
Expected counts
Chi-square test for homogeneity of populations
Chi-square test for association/independence
Review and AP exam questions

Test – Chapter 13

Chapter 14: Inference for Regression

Vocabulary terms
Motivation for the regression model
Reading computer output for regression inference
Confidence intervals and tests of significance for the slope of a regression line
Conditions for inference

Quiz

Prep for the AP Exam

Activities include:

Mock AP exams
Practice multiple choice questions
Group analysis of released free response questions and answers
Practice with released free response questions

AP Statistics Examination

After the Exam:

Cumulative Project

Students complete a final project, alone or in groups, with the following components:

Collecting Data
Calculating Statistics
Written Report: Answers questions that

***Material covered is Subject to change***