Experience the best: The Practice of Statistics is the ultimate choice for AP® Statistics.
Authored by seasoned high school AP® Statistics educators, Daren Starnes and Josh Tabor, along with a team of experienced AP® teacher/leaders, the Seventh Edition of The Practice of Statistics brings a fresh perspective through 9 Units that align perfectly with the CED.
Created to instill a deep understanding of the core principles of statistics and the problem-solving methods involved, TPS7 equips students with the essential statistical thinking skills necessary for future endeavors, careers, and everyday decision-making, while also ensuring success on the AP® Statistics Exam. With a multitude of worked examples and practice exercises strategically placed throughout, students have plenty of opportunities to strengthen their skills on a daily basis and prepare for the exam format.
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Table of Contents:
The Practice of Statistics for the AP® Course, 7e
Table of Contents
About the Authors
Content Advisory Board and Supplements Team
Acknowledgments
To the Student
UNIT 1 Exploring One-Variable Data
Part I Data Analysis
Introduction
Section 1A Statistics: The Language of Variation
Section 1B Displaying and Describing Categorical Data
Section 1C Displaying Quantitative Data with Graphs
Section 1D Describing Quantitative Data with Numbers
Unit 1, Part I Wrap-Up
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!
Unit 1, Part I Review
Unit 1, Part I Review Exercises
Unit 1, Part I AP® Statistics Practice Test
Part II Modeling Distributions of Quantitative Data
Introduction
Section 1E Describing Position and Transforming Data
Section 1F Normal Distributions
Unit 1, Part II Wrap-Up
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!
Unit 1, Part II Review
Unit 1, Part II Review Exercises
Unit 1, Part II AP® Statistics Practice Test
UNIT 2 Exploring Two-Variable Data
Introduction
Section 2A Relationships Between Two Categorical Variables
Section 2B Relationships Between Two Quantitative Variables
Section 2C Linear Regression Models
Section 2D Analyzing Departures from Linearity
Unit 2 Wrap-Up
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!
Unit 2 Review
Unit 2 Review Exercises
Unit 2 AP® Statistics Practice Test
UNIT 3 Collecting Data
Introduction
Section 3A Introduction to Data Collection
Section 3B Sampling and Surveys
Section 3C Experiments
Unit 3 Wrap-Up
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!
Unit 3 Review
Unit 3 Review Exercises
Unit 3 AP® Statistics Practice Test
Unit 3 Project
CUMULATIVE AP® PRACTICE TEST 1
UNIT 4 Probability, Random Variables, and Probability Distributions
Part I Probability
Introduction
Section 4A Randomness, Probability, and Simulation
Section 4B Probability Rules
Section 4C Conditional Probability and Independent Events
Unit 4, Part I Wrap-Up
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!
Unit 4, Part I Review
Unit 4, Part I Review Exercises
Unit 4, Part I AP® Statistics Practice Test
Part II Random Variables and Probability Distributions
Introduction
Section 4D Introduction to Discrete Random Variables
Section 4E Transforming and Combining Random Variables
Section 4F Binomial and Geometric Random Variables
Unit 4, Part II Wrap-Up
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!
Unit 4, Part II Review
Unit 4, Part II Review Exercises
Unit 4, Part II AP® Statistics Practice Test
UNIT 5 Sampling Distributions
Introduction
Section 5A Normal Distributions, Revisited
Section 5B What is a Sampling Distribution?
Section 5C Sample Proportions
Section 5D Sample Means
Unit 5 Wrap-Up
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!
Unit 5 Review
Unit 5 Review Exercises
Unit 5 AP® Statistics Practice Test
CUMULATIVE AP® PRACTICE TEST 2
UNIT 6 Inference for Categorical Data: Proportions
Part I: Inference for One Sample
Introduction
Section 6A Confidence Intervals: The Basics
Section 6B Confidence Intervals for a Population Proportion
Section 6C Significance Tests: The Basics
Section 6D Significance Tests for a Population Proportion
Unit 6, Part I Wrap-Up
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!
Unit 6, Part I Review
Unit 6, Part I Review Exercises
Unit 6, Part I AP® Statistics Practice Test
Part II: Inference for Two Samples
Introduction
Section 6E Confidence Intervals for a Difference in Population Proportions
Section 6F Significance Tests for a Difference in Population Proportions
Unit 6, Part II Wrap-Up
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!
Unit 6, Part II Review
Unit 6, Part II Review Exercises
Unit 6, Part II AP® Statistics Practice Test
UNIT 7 Inference for Quantitative Data: Means
Introduction
Section 7A Confidence Intervals for a Population Mean or Mean Difference
Section 7B Significance Tests for a Population Mean or Mean Difference
Section 7C Confidence Intervals for a Difference in Population Means
Section 7D Significance Tests for a Difference in Population Means
Unit 7 Wrap-Up
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!
Unit 7 Review
Unit 7 Review Exercises
Unit 7 AP® Statistics Practice Test
CUMULATIVE AP® PRACTICE TEST 3
UNIT 8 Inference for Categorical Data: Chi-Square
Section 8A Chi-Square Tests for Goodness of Fit
Section 8B Chi-Square Tests for Independence or Homogeneity
Unit 8 Wrap-Up
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!
Unit 8 Review
Unit 8 Review Exercises
Unit 8 AP® Statistics Practice Test
UNIT 9 Inference for Quantitative Data: Slopes
Introduction
Section 9A Confidence Intervals for the Slope of a Population Regression Line
Section 9B Significance Tests for the Slope of a Population Regression Line
Unit 9 Wrap-Up
Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!
Unit 9 Review
Unit 9 Review Exercises
Unit 9 AP® Statistics Practice Test
CUMULATIVE AP® PRACTICE TEST 4
Strategies for Success on the AP® Exam
Solutions
Notes and Data Sources
Glossary/Glosario
Index
Formulas for the AP® Exam
Tables
Table A Standard Normal probabilities
Table B t distribution critical values
Table C Chi-square distribution critical values
Table D Random digits
Additional Online Chapters
Analysis of Variance
Multiple Linear Regression
Logistic Regression
About the Author :
Daren S. Starnes is Mathematics Department Chair and holds the Robert S. and Christina Seix Dow Distinguished Master Teacher Chair in Mathematics at The Lawrenceville School near Princeton, New Jersey. He earned his MA in Mathematics from the University of Michigan and his BS in Mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Daren is also an alumnus of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. Daren has led numerous one-day and weeklong AP® Statistics institutes for new and experienced teachers, and he has been a Reader, Table Leader, and Question Leader for the AP® Statistics exam since 1998. Daren is a frequent speaker at local, state, regional, national, and international conferences. He has written articles for The Mathematics Teacher and CHANCE magazine. From 2004 to 2009, Daren served on the ASA/NCTM Joint Committee on the Curriculum in Statistics and Probability (which he chaired in 2009). While on the committee, he edited the Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) pre-K–12 report and coauthored (with Roxy Peck) Making Sense of Statistical Studies, a capstone module in statistical thinking for high school students. Daren is also coauthor of the popular on-level text Statistics and Probability with Applications.
Josh Tabor has enjoyed teaching on-level and AP® Statistics to high school students for more than 22 years, most recently at his alma mater, Canyon del Oro High School in Oro Valley, Arizona. He received a BS in Mathematics from Biola University, in La Mirada, California. In recognition of his outstanding work as an educator, Josh was named one of the five finalists for Arizona Teacher of the Year in 2011. He is a past member of the AP® Statistics Development Committee (2005–2009), and has been a Reader, Table Leader, and Question Leader at the AP® Statistics Reading since 1999. In 2013, Josh was named to the SAT® Mathematics Development Committee. Each year, Josh leads one-week AP® Summer Institutes and one-day College Board workshops around the country and frequently speaks at local, national, and international conferences. In addition to teaching and speaking, Josh has authored articles in The American Statistician, The Mathematics Teacher, STATS Magazine, and The Journal of Statistics Education. He is the author of the Annotated Teacher’s Edition and Teacher’s Resource Materials for The Practice of Statistics 4e and 5e. Combining his love of statistics and love of sports, Josh teamed with Christine Franklin to write Statistical Reasoning in Sports, an innovative textbook for on-level statistics courses. Josh is also coauthor of the popular on-level text Statistics and Probability with Applications.
