Be a Statistician Capstone Project May 6, 2009
Timeline:
May 11: Paragraph describing the research question and/or hypotheses to be tested (for approval/refinement)
May 13: Description of experiment/study design and data analysis plan due
May 13: Sign up for a presentation slot on the calendar.
May 15 through 21: Presentations to the class.
Keep in mind May 20 and 21 are final exam days so period 4 is only eligible to present on May 20 and Period 5 is the only class who can present on May 21.
ALL non-presenting STUDENTS MUST ATTEND PRESENTATIONS!
Note: Do NOT get into that van
Swagger Check. April 18, 2009
You ready for the AP Exam?
This week you’ll find out — the practice AP Exam is Tuesday, April 21st, Wednesday, April 22nd, and Thursday, April 23rd during class. A 3-day exam. Does it count? Yep, as your final exam. 20%. (Not 25% as erroneously stated before.)
What should you study? EVERYTHING. The review handouts and your old tests are a good start.
Did you come here looking for an answer key?
Look on the back of your final exam review packet. Yep.
LAST DAY OF THE EXAM IS TOMORROW – THURSDAY, APRIL 22nd:
Some of you are not reading the question! READ THE QUESTION! Part (a) on free response is GENERALLY the easiest. So don’t read into it, just answer what is being asked.
Also, answer IN CONTEXT.
Lastly, your conclusions should reference significance when inferring about a population (inference).
Chi-Square & Beyond (”CHI” as in the Greek Letter, not Tea or Taoist Energy) April 1, 2009
3/27 §14.1 Chi-Square Procedures: Assessing the Validity of a Distribution
Read p. 835 – 843; do #14.1, 14.3 – 14.5, 14.8
3/30 §14.2 Chi Square Test for Homogeneity: Comparing More Than 2 Populations
Read p. 850 – 855; 858 – 865; do #14.10, 14.14, 14.16 – 14.18
3/31 §14.2 Chi Square Test for Independence
Read p. 868 – 873; do #14.22, 14.25 – 14.27
4/1 14.1 & 14.2 REVIEW
4/2 14.1 & 14.2 QUIZ
4/3 Free Response/Reading Computer Output
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SPRING BREAK 09!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4/13 Chapter 13 Review/Practice
4/14 – 4/17 Free Response/AP Exam Review Days
4/21 – 4/23 Practice AP Exam! Counts as your FINAL EXAM!!!
4/24 – 4/28 Inference for Regression
Read Pages 888 – 906; do 15.1, 15.2, 15.4, 15.5a&b, 15.6, 15.11, 15.12
4/29 – 5/1 AP Exam Review
5/1 Chapter 15 Take-Home Test due
5/5 AP Exam
I’m on a boat! March 24, 2009
Get your towels ready — it’s about to go down.
Inference for Proportions Test on Thursday!
Be sure to study quiz and homework. Click here for review answers: chapter-12-review
P-hat. Phat. March 17, 2009
AP Statistics Inference for Proportions!!!
3/18 §10.3/12.2 Estimating a population proportion
Read p. 665 – 672; 766 – 770
do #10.51, 10.52, 10.54, 12.23, 12.24
3/19 §10.3/12.2 Inference for Proportions Review
do #10. 57 – 10.59; 12.31 – 12.34
3/20 §13.2 Comparing Two Proportions
Read p. 806 – 819
do #13.25 – 13.27; 13.29, 13.30 a-c
3/23 §10.3/12.2/13.2
Inference for Proportions Review/Practice
3/24 Inference for Proportions Quiz
3/25 Proportions Review
3/26 §10.3/12.2/13.2
Inference for Proportions Test
next up: t-procedures February 27, 2009
Oh No There Goes the σ Too
Tentative Schedule: Estimating μ when σ is UNknown
Chapters 10.2, 12.1, 13.1
“t-procedures”
Part I: t-intervals and t-tests
3/2 SNOW DAY!!!!!
3/3 §10.2/12.1 Estimating a Population Mean
Read pages 642 – 648; 743 – 753
handout
3/4 §10.2/12.1 t-procedures
Read pages 654 – 657
handout
3/5 §10.2/12.1 Paired t-procedures/Review
Read pages 651 – 654; 755 – 759
Do #10. 35, 12.9, 12.13
3/6 §10.2/12.1 Review and Quiz
Part II: 2-sample t-intervals and 2-sample t-tests
3/9 §13.1 Comparing 2 Means
Read pages 780 – 790
Do #13.1, 13.5 a&c, 13.7 , 13.9
3/10 §13.1 Comparing 2 Means Review
Do #13.6a, 13.9 – 13.11
Extra practice: #13.17 – 13.21
3/11 §13.1 Review and Quiz
3/12 t-procedures Test Review
3/13 NO SCHOOL FOR YOU (however Miller will be worky worky working)
3/16 t-procedures Test Review
3/17 t-procedures Test
REMINDER:
Steps for Inference (your book patronizingly calls this an “Inference Toolbox”):
Step 1. Hypotheses: Identify the population of interest and the parameter you want to draw conclusions about. (For a significance test, state hypotheses.)
Step 2. Conditions: Choose the appropriate inference procedure. Verify conditions using it.
Step 3. Calculations: If conditions are met, carry out inference procedure.
Step4. Interpretation: Interpret your results in the context of the problem. Interpret final calculations. Don’t forget the 3C’s: Conclusion, Connection, Context.





