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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. And thats not all - the renowned resource program now offers even greater support with the introduction of the new Achieve digital platform. The online homework program has been revamped to provide an extensive homework and assessment system, offering comprehensive support for daily assignments, quizzes, and tests. For students who may be struggling or seeking an extra challenge, the extensive video program is there to offer guidance. Meanwhile, teachers are backed by the most comprehensive Teachers Edition and resource program available. No matter if youre a first-time or experienced AP® Statistics teacher, this program is perfect for you. Better than ever: The Practice of Statistics is the most trusted program for AP® Statistics.

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.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781319548315
  • Publisher: MacMillan Learning
  • Publisher Imprint: W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • ISBN-10: 1319548318
  • Publisher Date: 15 Apr 2024
  • Binding: Digital download and online
  • No of Pages: 1024


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