AP Statistics Summer Review - Welcome to AP Statistics 20172018!!
Dear Students,
To prepare you for the AP Statistics course at Moreau High School, you will need to spend about 18-20
hours over the course of the summer completing the summer review. I highly recommend doing this 1-2
hours at a time since that is roughly the amount of time required for the course during the week.
I do not recommend waiting until the last minute to complete the summer assignment.
There will be a test on the first week of school, and the summer homework
(INCLUDING COMPLETED READING GUIDES AND NOTES) will be due the first full day of class.
If you have completed the summer assignment you should do very well on the first exam.
1. Download the PDF of the first chapter of the course and use this to take notes on the reading guides
per section (see bottom of page!) as well as complete the homework assignments. Read and complete
the questions for Chapter 1 pages 1-76. Do not do multiple assignments on the same day. You need to
acquire the concepts slowly and completely. Each of these assignments is typical of the workload for
one day of AP Statistics class (60-80 min.). If you do the reading guide and the assignments
concurrently, it will be much easier.
Section 1.1
Read pg. 1-6
Do #’s 2, 4, 6, 7, & 8
Section 1.2
Read pg. 25-33
Do #’s 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48
Section 1.3
Read pg. 48-59
Do #’s 80, 82, 84, 86, 87, 90, 92, 93
Read pg. 7-11
Do #’s 12, 14, 16, & 18
Read pg. 33-40
Do #’s 54, 58, 59, 60, 66, 69-74
Read pg. 60-68
Do #’s 95, 98, 100, 104, 106,
107-110
Read pg. 11-20
Do #’s 20, 22, 24, 27-34
*Note: I often assign even problems. Usually, there is a very similar odd problem to go with each even
problem (for example, #1 is very similar to #2), and the answers to the odd problems are in the back of
the book/PDF. Therefore, if you are having trouble with one of the even problems, check to see if there is
a similar odd problem before it. Then, you can look and see how the book answers the odd problem and
use it to help you with the even problem on your homework.
2. Acquire and familiarize yourself with the operation of a TI-84+ graphing calculator (or higher). The
textbook will show you how to do several basic operations on the calculator. You can also get
information from http://mathbits.com/MathBits/TISection/CachingPage.html
a. Download the Worksheet for Recording Answers (Bottom right of page) and Play the game.
I am working summer school at Moreau from June 13- July 22. I will be free starting at 12 PM; you can
come see me during the summer if you have any questions or would like extra help.
You may also e-mail me at: [email protected]
*Additional online resources:
If you are confused about ideas in the book, some additional resources that might be helpful are:
1. http://www.stattrek.com/ap-statistics-1/ap-statistics-intro.aspx
Good Luck and see you soon!
Ms. Caitlin Riley
http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/
These websites provide good overviews of Statistics. It is worth browsing them even if you do
understand the readings in the book.
Reading Guide Chapter 1: Exploring Data
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Intro- Data Analysis: Making Sense of Data
1. Individuals are... 2. A variable is... 3. When given a data set, the key questions to ask are:
o Who... o What...
o Why...
o When, where, how, and by whom... 4. The difference between a categorical variable and a quantitative variable. (Give
an example of each.) 5. Define distribution. Section 1.1– Analyzing Categorical Data
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How do you construct a pie chart?
How do you construct a bar graph?
What is a bar graph best used for?
In Ex 4, what two important lessons did you learn about what makes a good or
bad graph?
5. To analyze categorical data, we use either ................ or .................. of individuals
that fall into various categories. 6. What is a two-way table? 7. What is the marginal distribution of a two-way table? 8. How are conditional distributions calculated? 9. What is the difference between calculating marginal and conditional
distributions?
10.
How do you construct a segmented bar graph?
11. What does it mean if two variables have an association?
12. How can you tell if there is no association between two variables?
13. What do you need to be aware of if two variables have a strong association?
Section 1.2– Displaying Quantitative Data with Graphs
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What type of data is a dotplot used for? When would it be better to use a bar graph instead of a dotplot? How do you make a stemplot?
When is a back-to-back stemplot useful? When is it advantageous to split stems on a stemplot? How is the stemplot of a distribution related to its histogram? How do you
What is a histogram? When is it better to use a histogram rather than a stemplot or dotplot? What is meant by frequency in a histogram? 10.
What is the difference between a bar-graph and a histogram? 11. When examining a distribution, you can describe the overall pattern by its S________
O________
C________
S________
12. When setting a window for constructing a histogram on the TI-83/84+:
a. What is the significance of Xscl?
b. How do you choose the values of Xmin and Xmax?
c. What is the significance of Ymax? 13. Define outlier. 14.If a distribution is symmetric, what does its histogram look like? 15. If a distribution is skewed right, what does its histogram look like? 16.If a distribution is skewed left, what does its histogram look like? Section1.3– Displaying Quantitative Data with Numbers
In statistics, what are the most common measures of center? Explain how to calculate the mean, .
Explain how to calculate the median, M. Explain why the median is resistant to extreme observations, but the mean is
nonresistant. 5. What is the difference between “average” value and “typical” value? 6. In statistics, what is meant by spread? 7. Explain how to calculate Q1 and Q3 and IQR. 8. What is the five-number summary? 9. Describe a boxplot. 10. When does an observation become an outlier? 11. What does standard deviation measure? 12. What is the relationship between variance and standard deviation? 13. When does standard deviation equal zero? 14.Is standard deviation resistant or nonresistant to extreme observations? Explain.
15. Use a five number summary when... 16.Use and sx when... 1.
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