Review Unit for AP Statistics
Based on past AP Statistics Review Questions and AMSCO's AP Statistics Review
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Note:  This review coordinates past AP Statistics test questions with content of AMSCO's AP Statistics Review.  I budget nearly a month for review.  My AP classes meet daily for the entire year.

Activity:  M&M Candy Review
Study aid: How to write a perfect hypothesis test
Distribution of Free Response test questions from previous AP Tests.

Day 1:        Read AMSCO Chapter 2.   Do Chapter 2 Assessment p. 32
                   displaying data

Day 2:        Read AMSCO Chapter 3.  Do Chapter 3 Assessment p. 70
                   bi-variate data

Day 3:        3-point Shoot-out SimulationSimulation worksheet
                   simulations, random number tables

Day 4:        Experimental Design worksheet
                   designing randomized surveys

Day 5:        Read AMSCO Chapter 4, Do AP Free Response test questions 1998 #1-3
                   simulations

Day 6:        Do Chapter 4 Assessment p. 93, AP test questions: 2001#3, 2002 #2
                   experimental design

Day 7:        Read AMSCO 5.1-5.3 pp. 98-112, AP Test questions 1999 #3, 2000 #5, 2001 #4
                   basic probability

Day 8:        Read AMSCO 5.4-5.6,  AP Test questions 1997 #3, 1999 #5
                   probability

Day 9:        Read AMSCO 5.6-5.9 pp. 113-142  1998 #6,  Ch 5 Assessment p. 146
                    binomial and geometric distributions, probability distributions and P-values

Day 10:      Worksheet: Distribution of Discrete Random Variables and Simulations

Day 11:      Worksheet: Expected values, mean and standard deviations
                   probability distributions

Day 12:       Read AMSCO 6.1-6.4 pp. 150-163 AP Test questions: 2000 #2, 2002 #5
                    Sampling distributions: proportions

Day 13:       Read AMSCO 6.5-6.8 pp. 165 -179 AP Test questions: 2002 #3, 1999 #4, Do the Ch 6 Assessment p. 180
                   Sampling distributions: means

Day 14:       Read AMSCO 7.1-7.2 pp. 184-192, AP Test question 2000 #6, Worksheet: Distribution review (T/F)
                    hypothesis tests, normal distributions, sampling distributions vs. sample distributions

Day 15:       Read 7.3 pp. 192-197, AP Test questions:  2002 #1, 2002 #6
                    confidence intervals

Day 16:       Read 7.4-7.5 pp.199-219, AP Test questions:  1998 #5, 1999 #6, 1999#2
                    hypothesis tests, many distributions

Day 18:       M&M Candy Review

Day 19:       Read 7.6, pp. 223-229,  Do 7.6 Review exercises on p. 229-230
                   concept of power, type I and II errors

Day 20:       Read 7.7-7.8 pp. 230-242 AP Test question:  2001 #6, Do Ch 7 Assessment
                   hypothesis tests on slope and chi--square

Day 21:       AP Test questions: 2002 #4, 2000 #1, 1998 #4
                    regression analysis

Day 22:        Multiple choice practice test (select from Barron's, AMSCO, or own created)

Day 23:        Free Response Test (2002 B test from College Board website)