SEMESTER TWO
Unit V: Inference for Proportions
BVD Chapters: 18-22 Time Frame: Weeks 1-5
College Board Topics Covered: IIID (1, 3, 4, 6), IVA (1-5), IVB (1-3)
Week 1 BVD Chapter Topic 18 Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem Activities/Assessment Spinning Pennies ABS Investigative Task: Simulated Coins RG Assessment on Sampling Distributions (Students will use TI-84 to develop rules for mean and variance of independent random variables and probability distributions)
Week 2 BVD Chapter Topic 19 Confidence Intervals for One Proportion Activities/Assessment How Accurate are the Polls? ABS Interpreting confidence intervals in print media. Quiz on confidence intervals
Week 3 BVD Chapter Topic 20 Hypothesis Testing for One Proportion 20 Interpreting the results: The view from the grassy null. Page 13 of 21
Activities/Assessment Quiz on tests and intervals Project: TBA
Week 4 BVD Chapter Topic 21 Type I and II errors 21 Power. Activities/Assessment Investigative Task: Life after High School RG Using Type I and Type II power applet Quiz on sampling distributions for proportions, one-proportion hypothesis testing Free Response Problems: 2003 #2, 2009 #5
Week 5 BVD Chapter Topic 22 Intervals and Hypotheses testing for two proportions: POOLING! Activities/Assessment Unit V vocabulary crossword Unit V Assessment Unit VI: Inference for Means
BVD Chapters: 23-25 Time Frame: Weeks 6-8
Week 6 BVD Chapter Topic Activities/Assessment 23 Confidence intervals and hypothesis Investigative Task: SAT Performance RG tests for one mean Quiz on t-procedures Free Response Problems: 2007 #3 Page 14 of 21
Week 7 BVD Chapter Topic 24 Confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for two means Activities/Assessment Unit six vocabulary crossword Free Response Problems: Week 8 BVD Chapter Topic 25 Confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for matched pairs means Activities/Assessment Investigative Task: SAT Performance (Part II) RG Free Response Problems: 2000 #4, 2001 #5, Cumulative Unit VI exam
Unit VII: Inference for Counts and Slope
BVD Chapters: 26-27 Time Frame: Weeks 9-10
Week 9 BVD Chapter Topic 26 Chi-square goodness-of-fit 26 Chi-square for homogeneity and for independence Activities/Assessment Investigative Task: 1997 AP Statistics Scores RG Week 10 BVD Chapter Topic 27 Confidence interval for slope 27 Hypothesis testing for slope
Activities/Assessment Unit seven vocabulary crossword Unit VII exam (will include regression review questions) Page 15 of 21
Review for the Exam Time Frame: Weeks 12-14
Assignments:
? Various book exercises
? Practice Free Response problems will be used extensively
? Barron’s AP Statistics, 7th ed, by Sternstein, (Barron’s Educational Series), 2013 ? Barron’s AP Statistics Flash Cards, 2nd ed, by Sternstein, (Barron’s Ed. Series), 2014
Assessment:
? As we review the course, free response questions will be given as quizzes. Your free response scores will be accumulated to make a practice test score.
? A practice exam will be given on a Saturday prior to the AP Exam to prepare you for the environment. This exam will be scored similarly to the AP Exam to help prepare you for the real thing.
Cumulative Project
Time Frame: Weeks 15-18, after the AP Exam
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