Course Title

AP Statistics

Course Description

CareerTech AP Statistics is a course that introduces students to the main concepts in statistics and enables them to collect, analyze, and draw a conclusion from data. The four main concepts are: Exploring Data, Sampling and Experimentation, Anticipating Patterns, and Statistical Inference. Students are expected to take the AP Stat Exam upon completion of the course and could receive college credit with an acceptable score. CareerTech AP Statistics follows AP Central's recommended course content.

Contact

Robin Schott
405-743-5554
rscho@okcareertech.org
or
Tina Fugate
405-743-5139
tfuga@okcareertech.org

Knowledge and Skills

I.  Exploring Data

     A. Constructing and interpreting graphical displays of distributions of univariate data

     B.  Summarizing distributions of univariate data

     C.  Comparing distributions of univariate data

     D.  Exploring bivariate data

     E.  Exploring categorical data

II.  Sampling and Experimentation

     A.  Overview of methods of data collection

     B.  Planning and conducting surveys

     C.  Planning and conducting experiments

     D.  Generalizability of results and types of conclusions that can be drawn from observational studies, experiments, and surveys

III.  Anticipating Patterns

     A.  Probability

     B.  Combining independent random variables

     C.  the normal distribution

     D.  Sampling distributions

IV.  Statistical Inference

     A.  Estimation

     B.  Tests of Significance

Accountability Measures, Assessments, or Evaluation Procedures

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (4^th ed.). (2005). National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Reston, VA

 Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (2003). Oklahoma State Department of Education-PASS-{www.sde.state.ok.us}

Industry Alignments

Curriculum Resources

Bock, David E., Paul F. Velleman, and Richard D. DeVeaux. Stats: Modeling the World. Boston: Pearson/Addison-Wesley, 2004.

Moore, David S. and George P. McCabe. Introduction to Practice of Statistics, 4th edition (or later). New York: W. H. Freeman Co., 2003.

Peck, Roxy, Chris Olsen, and Jay Devore. Introduction to Statistics & Data Analysis. Belmont, CA: Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2001.

Watkins, Ann, Richard Scheaffer, and George W. Cobb. Statistics in Action: Understanding a World of Data. Emeryville, CA: Key Curriculum Press, 2004.

Yates, Daniel S., David S. Moore, and Daren S. Starnes. The Practice of Statistics. New York: W.H. Freeman, 2003.

Yates, Daniel S., David S. Moore, and George P. McCabe. The Practice of Statistics. New York: W.H. Freeman, 1999.

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