AP Statistics
All assignments from the book and MC are due the following day. The MC will be
corrected in class . Outline assignments and bookwork will be turned in to Mr. Peterson on
the Friday after they were assigned.
Chapter 1: Exploring Data
Date
Concepts & Preparation
Assignment
Thurs, Sept Read: pp. xii-7
10th
Do: p. 7: 1-4
Day 1
Fri, Sept
11th
Day 2
Read pp. 8-16
Do: p. 10 #5 & 6, p. 16 #7-9
MC 1-14
Mon, Sept
14th
Day 3
Read pp. 18-26
Do: p. 22 #12 & 15, p. 26
#16
CH 1.1 Outline
MC 15-19
Quiz 1.1 Tomorrow
Tues, Sept
15th
Day 4
Read pp. 26-34
Do: p. 31 #19, p. 33 #21, p.
34 #23, 25
Wed, Sept
16th
Day 5
Read pp. 37-46
Do: p. 40 #31, 33-35, p. 48
#37 & 39
MC 20-23
Thurs, Sept Read pp. 49-55
17th
Do: p. 52 # 40, 42, 43; p. 56
Day 6
#44-46 CH 1.2 Outline
What is statistics
Variables, values
How statistics can be twisted
to meet an agenda
Random sampling
introduction, importance of
randomness
Dotplots, stemplots, outliers
Skewness, outliers,
influential points
Introduction to collecting
data
Interpreting data by selecting
appropriate plots
Histograms (introduce
calculators)
Shape, center, spread
Use class sample data to
draw conclusions about class,
& inadvisability of
extrapolating conclusions to
population
Relative freq, cumulative
frequency graphs, ogives
Calculator: creating a
cumulative frequency plot
Mean/Median, quartiles,
IQR, box plots
Side by side plots for
comparing sample results,
forming conclusions about
shape, center and spread
S.D. & variance as a measure
of variability
Affect of changing units on
summary statistics
Fri, Sept
18th
Day 7
Read pp. 56-58
Matching Graphs to
Variables (ABS) as a class
Matching Statistics to
Graphs (ABS) homework
MC 34-49
Quiz 2.1 Tomorrow
Connecting summary
statistics to plots & plots to
each other
Matching histograms to box
and whisker plots
Matching summary statistics
to histograms
Mon, Sep
21
Day 8
Read Review: pp. 61, 64-66
Do: p. 62 #54, p. 66 #63-65,
67, 68
MC 50-62
Start Ch 2
Read:� pp. 78-83
Do: p. 83: 1-4
Practice Test
Chapter 1 Test
Review
Tues, Sep
22
Day 9
Wed, Sep
23
Day 10
Introduction to density curves
& area