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AP Stats: Spring 2020 Class Notes
Hello all you Manual Statisticians! For the New Year, I plan to upload notes by chapter. If you do not find what you are looking for, please let me know and I'll try to include it.

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Chapter 8 - Sampling Distributions
Chapter 8.1 - Statistics & Sampling Variability
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Lesson PPT - Intro to Sampling Distributions
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New Idea: Unbiased vs. biased statistics
Chapter 8.2 - Sampling Distribution of a Sample Mean
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Lesson PPT - Sample Means
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Sampling Distribution Activity - Class document
Chapter 8.3 - Sampling Distribution of a Sample Proportion
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Lesson PPT - Sample Proportions
BIG Idea: Central Limit Theorem
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Video Link: Intro to Central Limit Theorem
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Video 2: Understanding CLT w/ Dr. Nic
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Video 3: Khan Academy & CLT
LINK to StatTrek Video: Bias in Survey Sampling (10 min)
What problems can arise with surveys? Reviews surveys and sampling bias, and selection bias vs. response bias
Chapter 9 - Estimation Using a Single Sample
Chapter 9.1 - Point Estimate & Unbiased statistic
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Lesson PPT - Intro to Confidence Intervals
Chapter 9.2 - Confidence Interval for a Population Proportion
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Lesson PPT - CI for Pop. Prop. (p)
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Simulations w/ Rossman-Chance Applet
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Video Ex: CI for Proportion on TI-84
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Note: CI = Confidence Interval
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Chapter 9.3 - Confidence Interval for a Population Mean
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Lesson PPT - CI for Pop. Mean (mu)
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Why is it called a "Student's t" or "t Distribution"?
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How do we compute a t-statistic? Video
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Using Normal Probability Plots: Video
BIG Idea: Choosing Confidence Levels & Critical values
Differentiating between a z-score, a z-statistic, and a t-statistic
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FiveThirtyEight & Confidence Interval: Can Trump WIN in 2024?
TEST #1 Review ANSWERS

April & May Notes
AP Exam Updates (As of March 22nd)
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Traditional face-to-face exam administrations will not take place. Students will take a 45-minute online free-response exam at home.
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Some students may want to take the exam sooner rather than later, while the content is still fresh. Other students may want more time to practice.
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DATE: AP Statistics is scheduled for Friday, May 22nd @ 2 PM (EST), Make up in June
The full exam schedule, specific free-response question types that will be on each AP Exam, are listed below.
NTI Practice: April 13-17
AP Exam Topic Review: Video
FRAPPY's
NTI Practice: April 20-24 FRAPPY's
AP Exam Topic Review: Video 2
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Question 5 -Turn in on AP Classroom!
NTI Practice: April 27-30 FRAPPY's
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Question 7 - Turn in on AP Classroom
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Question 8 - Turn in on AP Classroom
NTI Practice: May 4 -8 FRAPPY's
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Question 10 - Turn in on AP Classroom
Chapter 10 - Hypothesis Testing with a Single Sample
Chapter 10.1 - Null & Alternative Hypothesis
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Lesson PPT - Intro to Hypothesis Testing
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Video Link: Intro to Hypothesis Tests
Chapter 10.2 - Hypothesis Testing: Type I & Type II Errors
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Lesson PPT - Chapter 10.2
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Examples of Type I & Type II Errors
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Ex 1: Innocent vs Guilty
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Ex 2: Video to Visualize Type I & Type II Errors
Chapter 10.3 - Hypothesis Tests for a Population Proportion
Chapter 10.4 - Hypothesis Tests for a Population Mean
BIG Idea: Understanding P-values
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TED-Ed: What is a p-value?
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(Never saw the Fugitive?)
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Scientists are confused: "What is a p-value?"
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Understanding p-values
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Chapter 10.2 - Type I & Type II Errors
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Ex 1: Innocent vs Guilty
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Ex 2: Video to Visualize Type I & Type II Errors
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Feb 20/21 : Review/REWARD Day
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Feb 26: Chapter 10.3 - Hypothesis Tests for a Population proportion
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Visualize Statistical Power - Power Applet
Chapter 11 - Hypothesis Testing with 2 Samples
Chapter 11.1 - Two Sample Difference of Means
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Lesson PPT- Chapter 11 - Two Sample Means
Chapter 11.2 - Difference in Means w/ Paired Samples
Chapter 11.3 - Large-Sample Difference of Proportions
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Lesson PPT - Chapter 11- Two Sample Proportions
Chapter 11.4 - Interpreting and Communicating Results
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March 14 - PI Day! Yay!
NEW Info! NEW Information for Extended Break!
AP Classroom Practice Problems
Please go to AP Classroom to complete Progress Check problems before Saturday, March 28th by noon.
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Set 1: Unit 1: Progress Check MCQ Part A
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Set 2: Unit 3: Progress Check MCQ Part A
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Set 3: Unit 4: Progress Check MCQ Part A
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Set 4: Unit 5: Progress Check MCQ Part A
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Set 5: Unit 6: Progress Check MCQ Part A
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PDF copy of AP Stats Exam Formula Sheet
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March/April - Article & Self Reflection - Where are you in your transformation? What is your light?
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March 26 - BIG QUIZ Chapter 11 (Postponed)
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Review/REWARD Day ?? - TEST Retake TBD after Spring Break)
Sample 30 Day Project Reports
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Sample 3 Report
Chapter 12 - Analysis of Categorical Data & GOF* Tests (*Goodness-of Fit Tests)
Chapter 12.1 - Chi-Square Tests for Goodness-of-Fit (GOF)
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Lesson PPT - Chapter 12: Intro to Chi-square & Categorical Inferential Data (Goodness of Fit)
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Sample Video - Intro to Chi-Square Test
Chapter 12.2 - Chi-Square Tests for Homogeneity & Independence (working w/ Two-way Tables)
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Chapter 13 - Inferential Methods with LSRL
Chapter 13.1 - Simple Linear Regression Model
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Lesson PPT - Linear Regression Model
Chapter 13.2 - Inferences about Slope of the Population Regression Line
Video Example: Inference for LSRL
BIG Ideas of Statistics in 3 minutes: Video Link