ABOUT THE AP STATISTICS EXAM

September 10, 2013

1)How many AP exams have you taken? What subjects did they cover? 2)What are some things that are common about standardized exams? 3)What resources do you think would help you succeed on a standardized exam?

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September 10, 2013 Aim: How do we succeed on the AP Statistics Exam? HW: Contract due Thursday, Quiz 1 due Sunday, Supplies due Monday

AIM

 Coordinated by College Board; over 1,221,000 students took AP exams in 2006. Allows students to get college credit by taking Advanced Placement Exams administered and created by the ETS. ETS is the same organization that creates the SAT, PSAT, and other admissions exams. AP Tests are graded on a scale of 1-5 and colleges generally accept a 3 or above for credit.

WHAT IS THE AP PROGRAM?

 One of the most recent AP offerings, given in May of 1997. Equivalent to a one-semester college statistics course. Prerequisite is a strong background in math. (No knowledge of calculus is required.) Will expose students to collecting data and making conclusion for their analysis.

WHAT IS AP STATISTICS?

According to the College Board: High school students taking science in senior year will benefit from a statistics course their junior year. Also develops quantitative skills for those not taking science. Can take concurrently with Pre-calculus. Many college majors, such as psychology, sociology, premed, and pre-med require at least an introductory course in statistics.

WHO SHOULD TAKE AP STATISTICS?

I. Exploring data: describing patterns and departures from patterns. (20-30 percent) II. Sampling and experimentation: planning and conducting a study. (10-15 percent) III. Anticipating patterns: exploring random phenomena using probability and simulation. (2030 percent) IV. Statistical Inference: estimating populating parameters and testing hypotheses (30-40 percent)

CURRICULUM

 Each student is expected to bring to the exam a graphing calculator with statistical capabilities. Meaning: have a graphing calculator and know how to use it!!! Prohibited calculators: calculators with QWERTY keyboards, and communication devicesetc.

USING A CALCULATOR

Part I: Multiple Choice 40 multiple choice questions each with 5 possible answers 1 hour and 30 minutes given Part II: Free-Response Part A: Five free response questions where you instructed to spend about 60 minutes, or about 12 minutes each. Part B: Investigative task question, which you are told to spend 30 minutes.

FORMAT OF THE AP EXAM:

Part I: Multiple Choice 50 percent of your total grade Determined by: Number of correct answers 0.25 * (Number of incorrect answers) Part II: Free-Response Part A: 75 percent of Part II grade. Part B: 25 percent of Part II grade. Grade distribution against other raw score will determine the translation of raw score into the 1-5 scale.

THE FINAL GRADE

In 2006, heres how 88,237 students perform on the exam? - 12.6% scored a 5 - 22.2% scored a 4 - 25.3% scored a 3 - 18.3% scored a 2 - 21.6% scored a 1

HOW DO STUDENTS PERFORM? (GUESS)

Two #2 pencils and an eraser. A calculator: TI-83 and TI-84+ recommended Extra batteries for your calculator A watch without an alarm or calculator A photo ID

WHAT TO BRING TO THE EXAM

Textbooks, notebooks, dictionaries Your own copies of statistical tables Formula sheets Any pieces of paper Laptop computers Portable listening and recording devices, and headphones Cell-phones, beepers, MP3 playersetc. Clothing with subject related information.

WHAT NOT TO BRING TO THE EXAM

 What did we learn about the AP Statistics Exam that we didnt know before?

WHAT DID WE LEARN TODAY?