Course 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 behavior. Sampling distributions
provide the logical structure for confidence intervals and hypothesis  tests.  Students use a TI-83/84  graphing calculator, Fathom and Minitab statistical software, and Web-based java  applets to investigate statistical concepts.  To develop effective statistical communication skills, students are required to prepare frequent written and oral analyses of real data.

COURSE GOALS:
In AP Statistics, students are expected to learn
Skills
· To produce convincing oral and written statistical arguments, using appropriate terminology, in
   a variety of applied settings.
· When and how to use technology to aid them in solving statistical problems
Knowledge
· Essential techniques for producing data (surveys, experiments, observational studies),   
  analyzing data (graphical & numerical summaries), modeling data (probability, random
  variables, sampling distributions), and drawing conclusions from data (inference procedures
– confidence intervals and significance tests)
Habits of mind
· To become critical consumers of published statistical results by heightening their awareness of
   ways in which statistics can be improperly used to mislead, confuse, or distort the truth.