AP STATISTICS FINAL PROJECT
The final requirement for this course is the completion of a project that demonstrates your understanding
of the major concepts of AP Statistics.
Question:
Think of an interesting question or an issue we care about. (It may help to think beyond the narrow
world of our school.) Identify hypotheses that you can test in order to answer your question. Think
about interesting psychological or physical phenomena, and the tests you could do with them. Test
some sort of folk wisdom or “common knowledge” adage. Think about the sorts of things tested on the
television show “Mythbusters” for inspiration. I am looking for a sophisticated, college-level project; a
simple survey or shallow study will be considered inferior and will be graded accordingly.
Proposal:
You must have an approved project proposal before you begin collecting your data. To get approval, you
must clearly complete the Project Proposal Form. Your sample size may not be arbitrarily chosen; think
about how accurately you’d like to estimate whatever test statistic you’d be looking for and come up
with a requisite sample size.
Data:
You may collect your data with a properly controlled experiment or an observational study. Create a
good design that is free of bias and be sure to use proper randomization. Your data does not need to be
collected inside this building.
Analysis:
Summarize your data using appropriate graphical displays, summary statistics, and verbal descriptions.
A good project will include both a hypothesis test and confidence interval or regression analysis, but it
does not necessarily need both. Your conclusion(s) about your original question(s) must be statistically
justifiable. In order to obtain an “A” grade, you must include at least two types of statistical inference (a
test and confidence interval would be sufficient, as would multiple tests of differing hypotheses).
Presentation:
Make a clear, thorough, and interesting presentation to the class. Your presentation must include some
use of computer technology. A powerpoint-type presentation is a minimum expectation, but extra
credit is available for the “wow” factor (e.g., pictures, videos, special presentation methods).
Report:
A description of the requirements for your written report is attached.
Daily Progress:
Groups and individuals will be monitored for a daily progress grade. You are expected to be in class on
time and to be productive while in class with whatever task you have for that day. You may leave the
room on some days to complete parts of your project, but you are expected to follow up at the end of the
period to show the results of what you did. The daily progress grade is included in your final grade (see
rubric)
See back for schedule
Schedule:
By Friday, May 17th:
 Submit project proposal and sign up to present results
 Do not begin working on your project until you receive approval
Through Friday, May 31st:
 Work on projects and prepare your presentations
Monday, June 3rd – Thursday, June 6th:
 Class presentations (1-3 per day)
By June 7th:
 Written reports due