AP Statistics Course Syllabus

Mr. Bastien Room 403

2016-2017

Bonita Vista High School

General Description: AP Statistics is the high school equivalent of a one semester, introductory college statistics course. In this course, students develop strategies for collecting, organizing, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data. Students design, administer, and tabulate results from surveys and experiments. Probability and simulations aid students in constructing models for chance phenomena. Sampling distributions provide the logical structure for confidence intervals and hypothesis tests. Students use a TI-84 graphing calculator, statistical software, and Web-based java applets and activities to investigate statistical concepts. To develop effective statistical communication skills, students are required to prepare frequent written and oral analyses of real data. Released Exams are relied upon heavily to prepare for the AP Exam.

Materials:

  • Text: STATS Modeling the World by Bock, Velleman and De Veaux 4th edition
  • Pencils and/or pens (either is acceptable, but pencil is preferred)
  • 3 ring binder with paper and 3 dividers
  • Graphing Calculator (TI-84+ or TI-84+ Silver Edition are STRONGLY recommended)

Course Outline

(Organized by units in primary textbook)

Graphical displays include, but are not limited to using boxplots, dotplots, stemplots, back-to-back stemplots, histograms, frequency plots, parallel boxplots, and bar charts.

Part1: Exploring and Understanding Data (Chapters 1 through 5)

  • Displaying and Describing Categorical Data
  • Displaying and Summarizing Quantitative Data
  • Understanding and Comparing Distributions
  • The Standard Deviation as a ruler and the normal model
  • Review

Part 2: Exploring Relationships between variables (Chapters 6 through 9)

  • Scatterplots, Association and Correlation
  • Linear Regression
  • Regression Wisdom
  • Re-expressing Data
  • Review of Part 1 and 2

Part 3: Gathering Data (Chapters 10 through 12)

  • Understanding Randomness
  • Sample Surveys
  • Experiments and Observational Studies
  • Review of Part 1, 2 and 3

Midterm: Parts 1-3

  • Review Chapters 1-3 using previous AP questions
  • Introduce first semester project

Part 4: Randomness and Probability (Chapters 13 through 16)

  • From Randomness to Probability
  • Probability Rules
  • Random Variables
  • Probability Models
  • Review Parts 1,2,3, and 4

First Semester Final Exam

  • Review using previous AP questions

Part 5: From the Data at Hand to the World at Large (Chapters 17 through 21)

  • Sampling Distribution Models
  • Confidence Intervals for Proportions
  • Testing Hypothesis About Proportions
  • More About Tests and Intervals
  • Comparing Two Proportions
  • Review Parts 1-5

Part 6: Learning about the World (Chapters 22 through 24)

  • Inferences About Means
  • Comparing Means
  • Paired Samples and Blocks
  • Review of Parts 1-6

Part 7: Inference When Variables are related (Chapters 25 through 26)

  • Comparing Counts
  • Inferences for Regression
  • Review of Parts 1-7

If time allows, we will cover chapter 27 and 28

Assignments:

Assignments are given each day and are due the following meeting. Late assignments will not be accepted unless the student has an excused absence, in which case the student is responsible for obtaining the missed assignment(s)by

  • Checking the internet-
  • Homework is done online through mymathlab.com
  • Homework is aligned to the problems that we solve in class!

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Tests and Quizzes:

Students will demonstrate competence of the subject through tests and quizzes. Students should expect a quizor test approximately once each week. Students who miss a quiz or test must have an EXCUSED absence in order to make up the missed quiz or test. There are NO retakes on quizzes or tests. Cheating will not be tolerated. Electronics use of any kind (except student’s graphing calculator) during a test or quiz is considered cheating. Any and all students involved will receive an automatic 0 (zero) on his/her test and a record of the event will be placed in the student’s cumulative file. In addition, administrative consequences will occur.

Scholarship Grades:

Assignments/ notes/ warmups/ classwork: daily/ due the following class NO WORK= NO CREDIT- 10% of final grade.

Quizzes, Tests, and Projects: 70% of the final grade.

Final Exam (Sem 1) /Project (Sem 2): 20% of the final grade

Final grades are determined by the weighted percentages listed below:

A+:98 A:98 – 93A-:92 – 90B+: 89 – 88 B:87 – 82B-:81 - 80

C+: 79 – 78C:77 – 72C-:71 – 70D: 69 – 63D-:62-60F: below 60%

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Citizenship Rubric
4 / 3 / 2 / 1 / 0
Behavior / No negative behaviors / No negative behaviors / Very few disruptive behaviors / Frequent disruptive behaviors / Disrupts class regularly
Works well with peers and teacher all of the time / Works well with peers and teacher most of the time / Respectful of teacher and peers / At times disrespectful of peers and teacher / Often disrespectful of peers and teacher
Enhances the class by his or her presence / Sets a good behavior example in class / Responds when corrected / At times questions authority / Continually questions authority
Effort / Actively participates in class daily / Actively participates in class almost daily / Participates more than not / Little or no participation in class / No participation in class
On task at all times / On task most of the time / On task some of the time / Off task more often than on / Continually off task
Prepared for class all of the time / Prepared for class most of the time / Prepared for class more often than not / Unprepared for class more often than not / Always unprepared for class
Attendance / 1 unexcused/uncleared tardy / 2 unexcused/uncleared tardies / 3 unexcused/uncleared tardies / 4 unexcused/uncleared tardies / 5 unexcused/uncleared tardies and/ or
or absence / and/or absences / and/or absences / and/or absences / absences
Student's level on rubric is determined at each progress report and is cumulative for the entire semester leading up to each progress report.
Point value for each category is averaged to determine actual grade.
4 = A
3.0 - 3.9 = B
2.0 - 2.9 = C
1.0 - 1.9 = D / Below 1.0 is an F

Cell Phones and other electronic devices (IPOD, MP3, games, etc…):

Per school policy these are not allowed in class. Cell phones, ipods, and other electronic devices must be inside the student’s backpack and turned off during class.

Additional Help:

Students:

Use the links on for tutorial practice. In addition, I am usually available before school starting at 6:30 or so for help, I am also available from 2:15 to 2:30 every day. During lunch in another option.

Parents:

The best way to reach me is through email (). If email is not convenient for you, you may call 619-397-2000 and leave a message and I will return your call at my earliest convenience. If there is a real emergency, my cell is 619-942-4463

AP EXAM:

Students enrolled in this course are expected to take the AP Statistics Exam in May. If a student outperforms his/her course grade on the AP Exam, he or she may earn an upward scholarship grade adjustment. For example: if a student earns a B in the course, then earns a 5 on the AP Exam, that student would have his/her scholarship grade changed from a B to an A.

IV. Academic Integrity

Any work submitted by a student in this course for academic credit must be the student's own work.You are encouraged to study together and to discuss information and concepts covered in lecture and the sections with other students. You can give "consulting" help to or receive "consulting" help from such students. However, this permissible cooperation should never involve one student having possession of a copy of all or part of work done by someone else, in the form of an e-mail, an e-mail attachment file, a diskette, or a hard copy.

Should copying occur, neither the student who copied the work nor the student who gave material to be copied will receive credit for that particular assignment. District policy will be followed.

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Mr. Bastien

AP Statistics Course Information

2016-2017

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