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Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction: The Five-Step Program
Step 1 Set Up Your Study Program
1 What You Need to Know About the AP Statistics Exam
Background Information
Some Frequently Asked Questions About the AP Statistics Exam
2 How to Plan Your Time
Three Approaches to Preparing for the AP Statistics Exam
Calendar for Each Plan
Step 2 Determine Your Test Readiness
3 Take a Diagnostic Exam
AP Statistics Diagnostic Test
Answers and Explanations
Interpretation: How Ready Are You?
Section I: Multiple-Choice Questions
Section II: Free-Response Questions
Composite Score
Step 3 Develop Strategies for Success
4 Tips for Taking the Exam
General Test-Taking Tips
Tips for Multiple-Choice Questions
Tips for Free-Response Questions
Specific Statistics Content Tips
Step 4 Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High
5 One-Variable Data Analysis
Descriptive versus Inferential Statistics
Parameters versus Statistics
Quantitative versus Categorical (Qualitative) Data
Graphical Analysis
Measures of Center
Estimating Means and Medians From Grouped Data
Measures of Spread
Position of a Term in a Distribution
Normal Distribution
Rapid Review
Practice Problems
Cumulative Review Problems
Solutions to Practice Problems
Solutions to Cumulative Review Problems
6 Two-Variable Data Analysis
Scatterplots
Correlation
Linear Models
Residuals
Coefficient of Determination
Outliers and Influential Observations
Transformations to Achieve Linearity
Rapid Review
Practice Problems
Cumulative Review Problems
Solutions to Practice Problems
Solutions to Cumulative Review Problems
7 Design of a Study: Sampling, Surveys, and Experiments
Samples
Sampling Bias
Experiments and Observational Studies
Rapid Review
Practice Problems
Cumulative Review Problems
Solutions to Practice Problems
Solutions to Cumulative Review Problems
8 Probability and Random Variables
Probability
Random Variables
Normal Probabilities
Simulation and Random Number Generation
Transforming and Combining Random Variables
Rules for the Mean and Standard Deviation of Combined Random Variables
Rapid Review
Practice Problems
Cumulative Review Problems
Solutions to Practice Problems
Solutions to Cumulative Review Problems
9 Binomial Distributions, Geometric Distributions, and Sampling Distributions
Binomial Distributions
Normal Approximation to the Binomial
Geometric Distributions
Sampling Distributions
Sampling Distributions of a Sample Proportion
Rapid Review
Practice Problems
Cumulative Review Problems
Solutions to Practice Problems
Solutions to Cumulative Review Problems
10 Inference: Estimating with Confidence Intervals
Estimation and Confidence Intervals
Formula for a Confidence Interval for a Proportion
Conditions for a Confidence Interval for a Proportion
Construct and Interpret a Confidence Interval for a Proportion
Confidence Level as a Capture Rate
Sample Size
Rapid Review
Practice Problems
Cumulative Review Problems
Solutions to Practice Problems
Solutions to Cumulative Review Problems
11 Inference: Testing Hypotheses
Statistical Significance and P-Value
The Hypothesis-Testing Procedure
Recap of Hypothesis (Significance) Testing
Inference for a Single Population Proportion
Type I and Type II Errors and the Power of a Test
Inference for the Difference Between Two Population Proportions
z-Procedures versus t-Procedures
Inference for a Single Population Mean
Inference for the Difference Between Two Population Means
Rapid Review
Practice Problems
Cumulative Review Problems
Solutions to Practice Problems
Solutions to Cumulative Review Problems
12 Inference for Regression
Simple Linear Regression
Inference for the Slope of a Regression Line
Confidence Interval for the Slope of a Regression Line
Inference for Regression Using Technology
Rapid Review
Practice Problems
Cumulative Review Problems
Solutions to Practice Problems
Solutions to Cumulative Review Problems
13 Inference for Categorical Data: Chi-Squared Tests
Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test
Inference for Two-Way Tables
Rapid Review
Practice Problems
Cumulative Review Problems
Solutions to Practice Problems
Solutions to Cumulative Review Problems
14 Free Response Question 6: The Investigative Task
Solution
General Tips for the Investigative Task
Step 5 Build Your Test-Taking Confidence
AP Statistics Practice Test 1
AP Statistics Practice Test 2
Elite Student Edition 5 Minutes to a 5 180 Daily Questions and Activities
Appendixes
Formulas
Tables
Bibliography
Websites
Glossary
