AP Statistics 2009-2010

Pizza Review Study Session

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Sun, 02 May 2010 20:19:00 +0000

Our last study session was on Thursday 4/29/2010. Access materials at the following link if you missed it. http://www.box.net/shared/4qifei5un4

The test is Tuesday....get last minute help from your teacher after school on Monday. If that is not enough, come to evening tutorials from 5:30 to 7:30 in room 109 for additional assistance.

AP Statistics T-shirts

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:31:00 +0000

Please see Mrs. Malpass in room 332 if you were in the Fall class and would like to order a t-shirt. Orders will be taken through Monday 4/26/2010. Cost of the shirt is $8.

Study Sessions

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:16:00 +0000

We have held several study sessions for Statistics at TWHS. Please use the following links to access the handouts.

Exploring Data Study Session - click here
Experimental Design Study Session - click here
AP Prep Conference at Conroe High School (3 handouts) - click here for folder
Probability Study Session - click here

The inference study session held on 4/22/2010 had 3 free response handouts. If you are interested in obtaining these, please go by Mrs. Frazee's room 336 to pick up.

We will have one more study session on 4/29/2010. This will be a comprehensive review of bits and pieces of everything. Pizza will be served at the end. Bring your own drink and $2 for pizza. Hope to see you there.

Ch 23-25 Review Materials

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:15:00 +0000

The answers to the review that you received in class today are available at http://www.box.net/shared/hypx2gzklr.

Embedded below is an additional review for tomorrow's test. The answers are included. If you have trouble viewing the slide show, you may download the powerpoint here: http://www.box.net/shared/f9d1bhhnpt

Ap statistics review ch23 24 25_with_answers

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:11:00 +0000

Ap statistics review ch23 24 25_with_answers

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Coming Soon AP Exam Review Sessions

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:22:00 +0000

Review Sessions start soon! We will be offering them according to the following schedule:

4/13/2010 - Exploring Data 2:30 to 3:30, Repeated from 5:00 to 6:00 Room 324 - Sign up Here

4/15/2010 - Experimental Design 2:30 to 3:30, repeated from 5:00 to 6:00 Room 332 - Sign up Here

4/17/2010 - AP Prep Conference 7:30 AM to 2:30 PM at Conroe High School - register here

4/20/2010 - Probability 2:30 to 3:30, repeated from 5:00 to 6:00 Room 324 - Sign up Here

4/22/2010 - Inference 2:30 to 3:30, repeated from 5:00 to 6:00 Room 336 - Sign up Here

4/29/2010 - Pizza Review - Big Wrap Up! 2:45 - 3:45, Pizza served, 4:45 to 5:45, Pizza served again. Bring your own drink and $2 for the pizza. Room to be announced. - Sign up Here

Answers to Review Worksheet for Ch 19-22 Test

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:21:00 +0000

Answers To Review W S

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Multiple Choice Review for Ch 19-22

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:57:00 +0000

Review Ch 19 22

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Survey

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:26:00 +0000

https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/conroeisd.net/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGhrX0xFT1gxUDBqOTZJaW1ubEpHM2c6MA

Holiday Reading

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:53:00 +0000

Who would have known that reading a book by one of my favorite authors would provide an example of sampling, expected value, and confidence intervals in the first few pages. It was a great read. The main character is a computer whiz and an artist, who makes his living as a professional criminal. I thought that I had read all of Sandford's books, but must have missed this one.

Excerpts that reference the AP Statistics content are below.

It works like this: the casino advertises (and reports to the tax authorities) a given return on the slot machines. If that return is even a little lower than the rate reported, the income increases sharply. That is, if you report that your machines will return 95 percent to the players, but you really only return 94 percent, and a million bucks a night goes through the slots, you're skimming $10,000 a night. In a few months, that adds up to real money.

Exactly what we did was, we dropped dollars - and quarters and nickels - into slot machines and counted the return, and then ran the results through a statistics package. We wanted 98 percent confidence that we were less than half of a percent off the true return. We therefore needed to take a large random sample of machines and had to run enough coins through each machine that we'd get a statistically accurate return on each.
I'd chosen the target machines the first night, using a random numbers program in the laptop I carried. We'd been at it ever since, dropping the dollars, quarters, and nickels, doing the numbers at night....

Reference: Sandford, John 2003. The Hanged Man's Cross. New York, NY: G. P. Puntman's Sons.

Great Song for the Holidays!

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:24:00 +0000

RUDOLPH THE STATISTICIAN
(Sung to the tune of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)

Rudolph, the statistician

Sampled data everywhere.
Mean heights and heart conditions
Calculated with great care.

All of his population

Gathered from coast to coast
Sought out his information;
He would always give the most.

Then one foggy Christmas eve

Santa came to say,
"Rudolph, with your pencil write,
What gifts I should take tonight."

Quickly he polled the children,

Then Rudolph shouted out with glee:
"Stats did provide the answer:
Give Nintendo and Barbie!"

Source - posted by Sanderson on the AP Statistics Forum

ToonDoo!

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:10:00 +0000

We are going to make cartoons for statistics. See the example below.

By jmalpass | View this Toon at ToonDoo | Create your own Toon

Inference with Quizlet

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:25:00 +0000

Click on the link to test your knowledge of the vocabulary in Ch 18-22.

Chapter 20 Null & Alternative Hypotheses

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:04:00 +0000

Crossword Puzzles

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:34:00 +0000

Many of you expressed an interest in working a crossword puzzle for the vocabulary in each chapter. There is a crossword for Chapters 18-19 and a crossword for Chapters 20-21. Please click on the links to access the crossword. If you have missed an assignment within these four chapters, you may turn your crossword in to be graded on accuracy to make up a zero.

Bonus Opportunity!

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Next week is the first TSML (Texas State Math League) contest. All Pre-AP and AP students are encouraged to take part in the contest. It is a 30 minute - 6 question test. Students are allowed to use a calculator. AP Statistics offers one point on a test for each problem answered correctly. Please plan to participate on Tuesday October 21, after school in room 332, 335, or 338.

To get you in the spirit of the contest, I have copied a previous problem from TSML(1 of the difficult ones) pertaining to probability below. A worked out solution with a correct answer could earn you up to five bonus points. If interested, please turn in your solution by Tuesday, 10/21/2009. Enjoy!

All students at the Academy of Music and Math take both music and math. The probability that a student has an A in math is 1/6. The probability that a student has an A in music is 5/12. The probability that a student with an A in music has an A in math is 7/10. What is the probability that a student has A's in both subjects?

Topic Research in Evernote

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:33:00 +0000

You and your partner will choose one of the following topics to present to the class. The first four topics are on famous experiments in recent history. The links below will provide information on the topic. The other three are experiments that you and your partner will design and conduct using your classmates as subjects. All seven topics require a multimedia visual such as Prezi or Glogster to enhance your chosen topic.

http://www.evernote.com/pub/jmalpass/HawthornEffect
http://www.evernote.com/pub/jmalpass/TuskegeeSyphilisStudy
http://www.evernote.com/pub/jmalpass/StanleyMilgram
http://www.evernote.com/pub/jmalpass/StanfordPrisonExperiment
The Stroop Effect
Bean Counters
Locating States

Using Prezi for our Projects

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:32:00 +0000

The following presentation is a good overview on how to use Prezi to discuss a topic.

Dan Ariely - Predictably Irrational

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:32:00 +0000

Ch 13 Notes on Prezi!

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:41:00 +0000

Random Rectangles Activity

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:11:00 +0000

Just for Fun - Estimating the Correlation Coefficient

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:45:00 +0000

click on the following link to practice estimating the correlation of a data set. Look for the button labeled new plots at the bottom. Each time you select new plots an additional four data sets appear. It will also keep track of how many you get right. See how long you can maintain a perfect record. Enjoy!

Click here for the site.

Thank you to Mrs. Crowson for this discovery!

Notes Ch 8 - Linear Regression

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:26:00 +0000

The following presentation contains your notes for Chapter 8. For many of you the majority of the first part is review. We will wait and do the second part (Residuals) on Thursday. The new information includes using formulas on your formula sheet to calculate the LSRL. You will also have to be able to interpret in sentence form the slope, r, and r^2. Follow the directions on the presentation.

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Notes Ch8

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Solutions To Homework Ch7

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:26:00 +0000

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Solutions To Homework Ch7

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Hans Rosling - The Best Stats You've Ever Seen

noreply@blogger.com (Jill Malpass) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:15:00 +0000

Hans Rosling Ted Talk- Watch more Videos at Vodpod.

Hans Rosling is a Swedish medical doctor and global health expert who developed the software that displays data in a unique and interesting format.

Please post a comment sharing your thoughts about the video. Choose the anonymous posting option and sign your first name at the end of your comment.