Princeton Review AP Statistics Prep, 2022: 4 Practice Tests + Complete Content Review + Strategies & Techniques

by The Princeton Review

Overview

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO SCORE A PERFECT 5. Ace the AP Statistics Exam with this comprehensive study guide, including 4 full-length practice tests with answer explanations, content reviews for all topics, strategies for every question type, and access to online extras.

Techniques That Actually Work.
• Tried-and-true strategies to help you avoid traps and beat the test
• Tips for pacing yourself and guessing logically
• Essential tactics to help you work smarter, not harder

Everything You Need to Know to Help Achieve a High Score.
• Fully aligned with the latest College Board standards for AP® Statistics
• Comprehensive content review for all test topics
• Engaging activities to help you critically assess your progress
• Access to study plans, a handy list of formulas and reference information, helpful pre-college advice, and more via your online Student Tools

Practice Your Way to Excellence.
• 4 full-length practice tests (2 in the book, 2 online) with detailed answer explanations
• Practice drills at the end of every content review chapter
• Step-by-step walk-throughs for how to set up box plots, dot plots, and other statistics graphics

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780525570745
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	08/03/2021
Series:	College Test Preparation: AP
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.70(h) x 1.20(d)

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Table of Contents

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Part I Using This Book to Improve Your AP Score 1

Preview: Your Knowledge, Your Expectations 2

Your Guide to Using This Book 2

How to Begin 3

Part II Practice Test 1 7

Practice Test 1 11

Practice Test 1: Answers and Explanations 45

Part III About the AP Statistics Exam 61

Structure of the AP Statistics Exam 62

Overview of Content Topics 63

How AP Exams Are Used 67

Other Resources 67

Designing Your Study Plan 68

On the Day of the Test 69

Part IV Test-Taking Strategies for the AP Statistics Exam 71

1 How to Approach Multiple-Choice Questions 73

2 How to Approach Free-Response Questions 77

3 How to Use Your Calculator 85

Part V Content Review for the AP Statistics Exam 97

4 Exploring Data 99

Observing Patterns and Departures from Patterns 100

Collecting Data 100

Tabular Methods 101

Graphical Methods for Qualitative Data 105

Graphical Methods for Quantitative Data 111

Exploring Univariate Data 124

Numerical Methods for Continuous Variables 124

Graphing Univariate Data 134

The Effect of Changing Units on Summary Measures 138

Comparing Distributions of Two or More Groups 140

Exploring Bivariate Data 144

Graphing Categorical Bivariate Data 145

Numerical Methods for Continuous Bivariate Data 147

Exploring Categorical Data: Frequency Tables 167

Visualizing Bivariate Categorical Data 167

Numerical Methods for Categorical Bivariate Data 169

Test Your Understanding 170

Chapter 4 Review Questions 171

Chapter 4 Answers and Explanations 174

Summary 177

5 Sampling and Experimentation 179

Planning a Study 180

Overview of Methods of Data Collection 180

Planning and Conducting Surveys 182

Bias in Surveys 186

Planning and Conducting Experiments 187

Test Your Understanding 196

Chapter 5 Review Questions 197

Chapter 5 Answers and Explanations 200

Summary 203

6 Anticipating Patterns 205

Probability 206

Random Variables and Their Probability Distributions 222

The Probability Distributions of Discrete Random Variables 223

The Probability Distributions of Continuous Random Variables 241

The Normal Distribution 242

Combining Independent Random Variables 252

Sampling Distributions 255

Test Your Understanding 258

Chapter 6 Review Questions 259

Chapter 6 Answers and Explanations 262

Summary 265

7 Statistical inference 267

Confirming Models 268

Parameters and Statistics 268

Estimation 268

Point Estimation 269

Interval Estimation and the Confidence interval 274

Inference: Tests of Significance 274

Estimation and Inference Problems 288

Estimation for and Inference About a Population Proportion p 292

Estimation for and Inference About a Population Mean μ 302

Estimation of and Inference About the Difference in Population Proportions (p₁ - p₂) 321

Estimation of and Inference About the Difference in Population Means (μ₁ - μ₂) 325

Making an Inference Using Categorical Data 351

Quick Quiz 376

Formulas for AP Statistics 378

Tables for AP Statistics 382

Test Your Understanding 386

Chapter 7 Review Questions 387

Chapter 7 Answers and Explanations 390

Summary 395

Part VI Practice Test 2 397

Practice Test 2 401

Practice Test 2: Answers and Explanations 437

Part VII Additional Practice Tests Online

Practice Test 3 Online

Practice Test 3: Answers and Explanations Online

Practice Test 4 Online

Practice Test 4: Answers and Explanations Online