Friday, May 17, 2019

Welcome to AP Statistics


Introduction: 
     Welcome to AP Statistics! We want to start by saying we are so excited you are taking the course, and we are looking forward to getting to know each and every one of you.  Below are the directions for the summer assignment. The purpose of this assignment is to get us off to a strong start by getting comfortable with Data Analysis that you should have talked about in other classes before, and to have a working knowledge of the vocabulary that is crucial to the course. This will ensure that we have sufficient time to cover all of the material in the course and ample time to review for the AP exam. Chapter 1 is mostly a review of concepts you have learned in previous math courses, but you will need to focus on the new AP Statistic vocabulary. Please read these directions carefully, and contact us by email at straubj@calvertnet.k12.md.us or halsteadr@calvertnet.k12.md.us  if you have any questions about the assignment, or require clarification about our expectations of the work that you do.  We don’t want to take up too much of your summer with school-work, but this work should just take a couple of hours to do.  Do not wait until the day before school starts to do this assignment but also do not start it right away in June either.  Give your mind a chance for a little down time and recharge.  A good start target date might be mid-July.  Think of this packet as an opportunity to lay a solid foundation that will help you throughout the remainder of the year.  This information will be used throughout the year and the better you know it the more successful you will be in the class.  We will have a take home test that will assess the topics covered in this packet that will be a 100-point product grade.  The packet itself will be a 100-point process grade.  If you need more room for work, attach lined paper, and be sure to write the page and question number.

Resources/Supplies:
     Textbook: The Practice of Statistics (Starnes, Yates, Moore, 5th edition), you will be assigned a book on the first day of school
     Graphing Calculator: TI-84 plus {color if possible} graphing calculator
     Blog: https://nhsapstats.blogspot.com/ {bookmark this as we will post notes, homework assignments, and updates on this throughout the school year}
     Online free tutoring site:  www.stattrek.com

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