AP Statistics Manual - Overview

 

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       Click a topic below for the FREE AP Statistics Student Manuals:

       

• Descriptive Statistics

• Regression

• Experimental Design

• Probability

• Inference

 

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Evolution of the AP Statistics Manual
 
Since I started teaching AP Statistics in the year 2000, I have been using The Practice of Statistics by Yates, Moore and McCabe (currently Yates, Moore, and Starnes). In those early years, I pretty much used the exams and quizzes from their yellow binder (now golden binder).
 
However, as good at that textbook and its resources are, I found that I needed to develop materials for myself that fit my teaching style.  I find that students learn best from packets that have the basic information presented, examples that emphasize the important points, and problems for students to do.  So, over the years, I developed a good number of them.
 
Unlike the material in the AP Calculus section of this website, the material is not all-inclusive. There are exams that I still use from the YMS golden binder, especially in the earlier parts of the course. However, as the course moved into probability and inference, there are more resources that I needed to generate.
 
I have divided the material here into five folders.  They correspond to the following chapters in YMS.
 
 a) Descriptive Statistics  (1 and 2)
 b) Regression (3 and 4)
 c) Experimental Design (5)
 d) Probability (6 – 9)
 e) Inference (9 – 14)
 
There is a sixth folder called Fathom. Many people on this AP Statistics Listserve currently use Fathom by Key Curriculum Press. I have found this software program a terrific way to illustrate and teach basic concepts in the A.P. curriculum. I have written a fair number of Fathom files with worksheets that explain how to solve problems using Fathom. Obviously you need to have Fathom on your computer but if you do, these files will be extremely helpful for you.
 
As in the AP Calculus section of this website, all of the materials I present here are available for download free of charge. Feel free to download any or all of them and use them as you wish. If you are interested in the solutions and answer keys to the packets, worksheets, quizzes and exams, they can be purchased, for each one of the folders above. Click on the AP Statistics Solutions link and you will see all your options for purchasing solutions.
 
If you choose to purchase solutions by download, you will find that the solution files contain both the worksheet and then the worksheet with answers.  So, when you start looking over the free downloads and you realize that you want to purchase solutions, you no longer need to do any more downloading of the free worksheets as you will get them included with the purchased solutions. Paper solutions mailed to you will just contain the solutions for any pages requiring student work.
 
Use of the AP Statistics Manual
 
The manual is not a textbook. It is not intended to be one. It simply presents topics and walks students through a series of classwork problems. The teacher does the teaching of the problem. The students take notes in the space provided. There is little or no attempt to prove theorems. You can still do that on your own. The manual provides you and your students sample problems, which will touch upon every concept that is covered in a good AP Statistics curriculum. To reiterate, this manual still needs a good teacher - you. You cannot just hand the student the manual and expect him or her to read it and understand it.
 
The use of a graphing calculator is expected for this course. The TI-84 is the calculator of choice.  For all important calculator operations, keystrokes are explained and example viewscreens appear throughout the units. Typically, students get lost in a classroom trying to duplicate what the teacher shows on the overhead calculator screen. The manual has thorough explanations so students can work at home, carefully duplicating the keystrokes shown in the manual in order to get the same screens.
 
There are also homework problems for every concept. Again, space is provided for students to complete them. There are enough challenging problems but the idea is to give students enough problems to test whether they understand a concept without overburdening them.
 
By downloading the free manuals (or purchasing paper copies), you have the right to make as many copies as you wish as long as you use them for face-to-face classroom use.

 

Downloading/Purchasing Products

 
We are happy to offer our manuals for no charge! Select from the 5 topics listed in the menu on the left;  Descriptive Statistics,  Regression, Experimental Design, Probability, and Inference.  The free download materials will be listed on each of the topic pages.

Every teacher needs a solution manual.  You can either solve the problems in your own copy of the student manual, or purchase the solution manual for any or all of the five sections of the course.  Go to the Answer Key page for more information about purchasing an electronic copy (for download) or a paper copy. 
 
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The student manual is available for purchase in paper format like the solution manual.  The paper version is identical to the electronic download version and is offered in paper format for your convenience. Go to the Answer Key page for more information on purchasing manuals in paper format.