Barron's AP Statistics

by Martin Sternstein Ph.D.

Overview

This manual’s in-depth preparation for the AP Statistics exam features the 35 absolutely best AP Statistics exam hints found anywhere, and includes:

A diagnostic test and five full-length and up-to-date practice exams

All test questions answered and explained

Additional multiple-choice and free-response questions with answers

A 15-chapter subject review covering all test topics

A guide to basic uses of TI-83/TI-84 calculators
The manual can be purchased alone or with an enclosed CD-ROM that presents two additional practice tests with automatic scoring of the multiple-choice questions, as well as a second CD-ROM introducing the TI-Nspire.

BONUS ONLINE PRACTICE TEST: Students who purchase this book or package will also get FREE access to one additional full-length online AP Statistics test with all questions answered and explained.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781438004983
Publisher:	Barrons Educational Series
Publication date:	01/01/2015
Edition description:	Eighth Edition
Pages:	608
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.80(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Marty Sternstein is a Professor of Mathematics at Ithaca College where he has taught since 1970, except for one year as Visiting Professor and Head of the Math Department at the University of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix, and two years as Fulbright Professor and Math Department Chair at the University of Liberia in West Africa. He has written textbooks in Calculus and Statistics, has been honored with numerous teaching awards, and has developed new curricula, including an ethno-mathematics class, "Math in Africa," and the first U.S. course for college credit in chess theory. Marty has strong interests in national educational and social issues concerning equal access to math education for all.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Barron's Essential 5
Introduction
Diagnostic Examination
Answer Key
Answers Explained
AP Score for the Diagnostic Exam
Study Guide for the Diagnostic Test Multiple-Choice Questions
Theme One: Exploratory Analysis
Graphical Displays
Summarizing Distributions
Comparing Distributions
Exploring Bivariate Data
Exploring Categorical Data: Frequency Tables
Theme Two: Planning a Study
Overview of Methods of Data Collection
Planning and Conducting Surveys
Planning and Conducting Experiments
Theme Three: Probability
Probability as Relative Frequency
Combining Independent Random Variables
The Normal Distribution
Sampling Distributions
Theme Four: Statistical Inference
Confidence Intervals
Tests of Significance--Proportions and Means
Tests of Significance--Chi-square and Slope of Least Squares Line
Practice Examinations
Appendix
Checking Assumptions for Inference
35 AP Exam Hints
AP Scoring Guide
Basic Uses of the TI-83/TI-84
Formulas
Graphical Displays
Table A: Standard Normal Probabilities
Table B: t-distribution Critical Values
Table C: x² Critical Values
Table D: Random Number Table
Index