The Promised list of useful resources
(not very well organized)
For the Summer 2002 AP Institute
Ann E. Watkins & others, Teacher’s Guide to AP Statistics – published by the College Board. Contains
sample syllabi, examples of analysis of data sets, references, lists of resources, etc. [In your packet of
materials]
Some useful books - for background, activities (for teaching), history :
David Salsburg, The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the 20 th Century,
Freeman, 2001.
Larry Gonick & Woolcott Smith, The Cartoon Guide to Statistics, Harper collins, 1993. [Excellent
pictures, humorous discussion, accurate statements]
Tanur, Mosteller, Kruskal, et.al (ed), Statistics: A Guide to the Unknown (3d), Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole,
1989. - c 10-page articles on ideas & uses of statistics
Aliaga & Gunderson, Interactive Statistics, Prentice Hall,(Preliminary ed 1998 - 2d edition is now
available), Excellent source of activities & analysis .
Lots of Websites:
The AP Central website [Copies of Free-response questions, discussion groups, etc.]
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com
You will need to register - but it only takes a coupel of minutes
You will want to set your user profile to include Statistics
You will want to subscribe to the AP Statistics listserv at
http://lyris.collegeboard.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=ap-stat
[You can reach this from the AP Central site: - click on "Electronic Discussion groups" - bottom right of
the page, then, at the bottom of that page "register for electronic discussion groups" then at the bottom of
that page on "AP Stat Web Interface"]
Chance newsletter
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/chance_news/current_news/current.html
Chance webste: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/
My home page, from which you can find a brief Minitab manual, some info. on graphing calculators (really
basic) and [if you want to bother] the materials I post during the semester for my stat class [motly
homework problem lists, sample tests, test solutions, etc.][Most recent incarnation at
http://www.saintmarys.edu/~cpeltier/MATH115f00index.htm
- there's no link off my home page because of the answers, test solutions & such that are included
A set of Notes from a Statistics Leadership Institute at the North Carolina School of Science and
Mathematics (June & July 1999) - very complete notes on many key statistical concepts
http://courses.ncssm.edu/math/Stat_Inst/Notes.htm
Daren Starnes site: a very impressive website put up by an AP teacher in California with exercises,
examples, his syllabus, etc.
http://www.webb.org/math/starnes/ap_statistics.htm
Al Coons site at - includes weekly assignment lists, a course outline with durations for topics, etc. At the
Buckingham, Browne & Nichols School
http://www.bbns.org/us/math/ap_stats/
Sanderson Smith’s site: another impressive site put up by an AP teacher- includes assignments, chapter
summaries for YMM & other goodies.
http://www.cate.org/sms99/hmpsms.htm
Joyce Smart's home page - with unit-by unit assignments (based on Moore & McCabe), links for review
resources, etc.
http://www.lhs.logan.k12.ut.us/~jsmart
http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/stjoe/highschool/guzzo3.html
chapter-by-chapter review of YMM from Kevin Guzzo
W. H. Freeman’s web site for the Yates, Moore, McCabe text – includes some sample quizzes, access to
some EESEE materials (statistics case studies & stories)
http://www.whfreeman.com/yates/
[requires registration]
Some articles on statistics:
http://intuitor.com/statistics/index.html
Helpful information of all sorts from emails on the statistics listserv:
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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 16:35:34 -0400
From: Robert J. Lanfear <lanfear@sunysuffolk.edu>
To: AP Statistics <ap-stat@list.collegeboard.org>
Cc: AP Statistics <ap-stat@list.collegeboard.org>
Subject: [ap-stat] Re: lists of data
Here are some data sources that I have become aware of thanks to this list. I'm
sure at least some of them came from or are referenced in Al Coon's site, as
Jim suggested.
Hope some of these are helpful
http://exploringdata.cqu.edu.au/sctrplot.htm
http://curriculum.qed.qld.gov.au/kla/eda/datasets.htm
http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/
http://www.m-ms.com/factory/history/faq1.html
http://www.gallup.com/index.html
http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/sch1.htm
http://www.dot.gov/airconsumer/index1.htm
http://www.nielsenmedia.com/index.html
http://www.dot.gov/airconsumer/index1.htm
http://www.nielsenmedia.com/index.html
http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20000109mag-talbot7.html
Bob Lanfear
Syosset H.S.
Syosset, NY
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Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 07:22:43 -0800
From: "Ray, Janet P." <janray@SCCD.CTC.EDU>
Reply-To: Project NExT 1994-96 <NEXT-LIST@ENTERPRISE.MAA.ORG>
To: NEXT-LIST@ENTERPRISE.MAA.ORG
Subject: Re: real world data?
Take a look at the Quantitative Environmentl Learning Project (QELP)
homepage - two areas:
1) The Data link has real data sets that have been organized so that they
are easily downloadable (a new word?) The focus is on environmental
issues.
2) I haven't spent much time looking through their Links, but all the ones
I suggest are already there, so you might find that useful as well.
The URL is : http://www.seattlecentral.org/qelp/
Jan
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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 15:28:02 -0700
From: Joyce Smart <JSmart@mail.lhs.logan.k12.ut.us>
To: AP Statistics <ap-stat@list.collegeboard.org>
Subject: [ap-stat] Re: materials and manipulatives
Hi Meg and others:
You are going to love teaching stats. Here is a list of manipulatives
and resources I keep on hand. If you wonder "What the heck does
she use that for?" check out my website for further details. Look
under "Syllabus and Assignments"
http://www.lhs.logan.k12.ut.us/~jsmart/stats.html
Resources:
TI-83 Calculator with overhead display
Resource books:
Workshop Statistics by Allan Rossman ISBN # 0-387-94997-6
Resource books:
Workshop Statistics by Allan Rossman ISBN # 0-387-94997-6
Activity Based Statistics ISBN # 0-387-94597-0 (I hear a new
edition will be available soon.)
Food items:
Reese's Pieces (introducing sampling/confidence intervals)
Pepperidge Farm fish crackers, two flavors (for capture/recapture
sampling method)
ice cream and toppings (permutations and combinations)
Necco conversation hearts (for confidence intervals/proportions)
Manipulatives:
dice (2 dice per group, group students in twos, for probability)
unfair dice (used for chi-square goodness of fit tests, hypothesis
tests, and to keep students alert. You can order these at
http://www.halfpast.demon.co.uk/)
http://www.halfpast.demon.co.uk/)
decks of cards (at least two decks each of two colors, used in
probability and to introduce hypothesis tests)
lots of pennies (at least 25 per student, for sampling distributions)
two headed and two tailed coins, you can get these at
http://www.jakesmp.com/NN_2_Headed_Coins.htm
flat headed thumbtacks, clear cups, plastic wrap, rubber bands
(put 20 thumbtacks in each cup, cover with plastic wrap, secure
with a rubber band. Used to create a probability distribution for
point up and point down)
plastic world globe beach ball(s) (used for hypothesis tests. I
ordered mine from the Oriental Trading Company)
"Pass the Pigs" games (1 game per group of students, about 3
"Pass the Pigs" games (1 game per group of students, about 3
students in a group, I use mine for chi-square goodness of fit tests,
but the game is great in other units)
a bag of dried kidney beans and timers (used for matched t tests,
to test the dexterity of dominant hand vs. other hand in placing
beans on a target sheet, timers can be borrowed from the physics
teacher)
Have fun!
Joyce
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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 13:09:48 -0500
From: "Dill, Judy" <Judy@amstat.org>
To: AP Statistics <ap-stat@list.collegeboard.org>
Subject: [ap-stat] New resource book available
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The American Statistical Association is pleased to announce the release of
"Teaching Statistics: Resources for Undergraduate Instructors". This volume,
published jointly by The Mathematical Association of America and The
American Statistical Association, is edited by Thomas L. Moore of Grinnell
College. George Cobb's lead article, "Teaching Statistics; More Data, Less
Lecturing", summarizes the basic tenets of the reform in statistics
education of the past 10 to 15 years. Topics include Teaching with Data,
Established Projects in Active Learning, Textbooks, Technology, and
Assessment. Contributing to his book are many leading statistics educators
whose names you will recognize; they also contribute frequently to this
Assessment. Contributing to his book are many leading statistics educators
whose names you will recognize; they also contribute frequently to this
list. What a wonderful resource for those just starting out, or even for all
the "old-timers". The book is available through both the MAA and the ASA.
For your (or Santa's) convenience, I'll include the ASA pdf information
site: http://www.amstat.org/publications/TeachStats.pdf
Judy Dill, Project Leader for Education
American Statistical Association
1429 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3415
Phone: (703) 684-1221 x165
Fax: (703) 684-3768
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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:50:11 -0500
From: Lee Creighton <Lee.Creighton@sas.com>
To: AP Statistics <ap-stat@list.collegeboard.org>
Subject: [ap-stat] RE: statistical software packages
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If you're looking for a good freeware stats package, I cannot recommend Rick
Parris's "WinStats" highly enough. He maintains a current version at
http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winstats.html.
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SAS Statistical Instruments
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Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 20:52:41 -0400
From: Paul Velleman <pfv2@cornell.edu>
To: AP Statistics <ap-stat@list.collegeboard.org>
Cc: AP Statistics <ap-stat@list.collegeboard.org>
Subject: [ap-stat] Re: DASL
DASL, the Data and Story Library, has been hosted by Carnegie Mellon
U as a part of StatLib. However, CMU has become very strict and
forbids access to anyone whose internet service provider has not
taken all possible precautions against worms and viruses. As a
result, many folks have been denied access to DASL because their
ISP's are less than perfect.
We've set up an alternative site at
http://dasl.datadesk.com/index.html
sponsored by Data Description.
It is better designed and has some additional datasets, and it is not
strict about who has access. I recommend this as an alternative DASL
site.
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Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 13:25:54 -0500
From: Lynn Juhl <ljuhl@pen.k12.va.us>
To: AP Statistics <ap-stat@lyris.collegeboard.com>
Cc: AP Statistics <ap-stat@lyris.collegeboard.com>
Subject: [ap-stat] Re: AMSCO Review
Try the 800 number below for Amsco. It worked for me.
Name: Amsco School Publications, Inc. (Ams)
Address: 315 Hudson St., New York, NY 10013-1085
Phone: 800-969-8398 or 212-886-6565
FAX: 212-675-7010
email: amsco@inch.com
URL: www.amscopub.com
Lynn
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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 13:25:44 -0400
From: Robert Parker <rparker@nucps.org>
To: AP Statistics <ap-stat@lyris.collegeboard.com>
Subject: [ap-stat] FW: m and m's
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I recieved this from Dave Ferris and thought I would get it on the list os
everyone else might have it.
Bob Parker
-----Original Message----From: Dave Ferris [mailto:dave_ferris@mail.nobl.k12.in.us]
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 11:57 AM
To: rparker@nucps.org
Subject: Re: [ap-stat] m and m's
To: rparker@nucps.org
Subject: Re: [ap-stat] m and m's
Bob,
I called the Mars company last week and they gave me these proportions:
Brown
.10
Red
.20
Yellow
.20
Green
.10
Orange
.10
Blue
.10
New color
.20
David Ferris
Mathematics Department Chair
Noblesville High School