AP Statistics
Welcome back!
We live in an information society; raw data,
graphs, charts, rates, percentages,
probabilities, averages, forecasts, and trend
lines are an inescapable part of our everyday
lives.
It is hard to pick up a newspaper without
finding an article in which a recent study
makes a claim about the effect of a food
product on people’s health.
Studies in which people who ate oatmeal had
lower cholesterol than those who did not
might suggest that those with high cholesterol
would be wise to eat oatmeal.
In AP Statistics, we learn to examine the
details of the study to see if a true experiment
was conducted with subjects randomly
assigned to treatments, and whether other
factors were involved.
Other factors include questioning whether the
oatmeal really lowered cholesterol or whether
the subjects ate oatmeal instead of eating four
fried eggs!
Would eating cornflakes have had the same
effect?
Is oatmeal the factor, or is it the change from a
high cholesterol breakfast?
Syllabus et al
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This class moves at a very fast pace
We have less than 70 days before the AP exam
Everyone is expected to take the AP exam
Read the syllabus and learn the contents
Fill out the information sheet
Sign the contract and take it home to have
your parents sign it as well
Is bread a health hazard?
Overview of Course
• We will complete Ch 1-12 before the AP exam
on May 9, 2014
• We will have a final culminating end of the
year research project after the AP exam
• You will have an assigned video, reading and
homework problems to complete every night
• There will NOT be a lot of lecture time in class
– you are expected to be prepared for class
BEFORE you enter each day!
The Game of Greed
• Stand up everyone!
• Roll a die twice and add the numbers.
• That is everyone’s score. Like it? Sit down and keep that
as your score.
• Want more? Roll the die again!
• IF it is a 2, all standing have a score of 0. Sit – you lose.
Otherwise, add it to your score.
• You can sit and keep the new score or you can keep going!
• Round ends when all students are seated.
• Game concludes at the end of 5 rounds. Good luck!
Electronics in the Classroom
• There will be many occasions, like right now,
where you are encouraged to use your cell
phones or devices in class.
• DO NOT ABUSE THIS PRIVILEDGE!
• Unless I specifically give you permission or you
have already spoken to me about the use of
your device, do not take it out.
• Charging them in my room = mine until June.
(No, I am not kidding.)