AP STATISTICS 2019–2020

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Chapter 1: Exploring Data

Date

Activities

Homework (★ video solution available)

Thursday

August 15

Welcome!

Friday

August 16

What is Statistics and Who are YOU?

Syllabus, Survey, Remind, and Textbooks

3P: Senior Class Meeting

Monday

August 19

Pass out Diagnostic Packet

Why is Statistics important?

Please complete the Diagnostic Packet BEFORE the Diagnostic Quiz on Wed, Aug 28th

1P: Junior Class Meeting

Tuesday

August 20

Activity: Is Mrs. Lakey Biased??!

1P, 2P, 3P: Safety Day

Wednesday

August 21

Start 1.1 Analyzing Categorical Data – Pgs. 2-18

Assign Homework 1.1

Thursday

August 22

Finish 1.1

Friday

August 23

Homework 1.1 Q&A

StatChat 1.1

Monday

August 26

Homework 1.1 Due

Start 1.2 Displaying Quantitative Data with Graphs – Pgs. 25-41

Assign Homework 1.2

Tuesday

August 27

Finish 1.2

Wednesday

August 28

Homework 1.2 Q&A

Diagnostic Quiz (Please have your packet completed and with you on this day)

Senior Sunrise

Thursday

August 29

Homework 1.2 Due

Start 1.3 Describing Quantitative Data with Numbers – Pgs. 48-68

Assign Homework 1.3

Pep Rally Day

Friday

August 30

Continue 1.3

Assign Take Home Quiz over 1.1/1.2

Monday

September 2

LABOR DAY – NO SCHOOL

Tuesday

September 3

Take Home Quiz over 1.1/1.2 Due

Finish 1.3

Wednesday

September 4

Homework 1.3 Q&A

StatChat 1.3

Thursday

September 5

Homework 1.3 Due

Review Chapter 1

p. 76 - Ch. 1 Review Exercises

p. 78 - Ch. 1 AP Statistics Practice Test

**Both highly recommended, but not a grade**

Friday

September 6

Chapter 1 Test

1.0 Data Analysis: Making Sense of Data

· IDENTIFY the individuals and variables in a set of data

· CLASSIFY variables as categorical or quantitative

1.1 Analyzing Categorical Data

· DISPLAY categorical data with a bar graph

· IDENTIFY what makes some graphs of categorical data deceptive

· CALCULATE and DISPLAY the marginal distribution of a categorical variable from a two-way table

· CALCULATE and DISPLAY the conditional distribution of a categorical variable for a particular value of the other categorical variable in a two-way table

· DESCRIBE the association between two categorical variables

1.2 Displaying Quantitative Data with Graphs

· MAKE and INTERPRET dotplots and stemplots of quantitative data

· DESCRIBE the overall pattern of a distribution and IDENTIFY any outliers

· IDENTIFY the shape of a distribution

· MAKE and INTERPRET histograms of quantitative data

· COMPARE distributions of quantitative data

1.3 Describing Quantitative Data with Numbers

· CALCULATE measures of center (mean, median).

· CALCULATE and INTERPRET measures of spread (range, IQR, standard deviation).

· CHOOSE the most appropriate measure of center and spread in a given setting.

· IDENTIFY outliers using the 1.5 × IQR rule.

· MAKE and INTERPRET boxplots of quantitative data.

· USE appropriate graphs and numerical summaries to compare distributions of quantitative variables.