B in PreCalculus (Honors) or B+ in PreCalculus, or B+ in Foundations of PreCalculus, or B+ in Advanced Algebra (Honors), A in Advanced Algebra, or C in AP Calculus (AB or BC) and department recommendation.
AP Statistics students explore four themes throughout the year: exploring data; sampling and experimentation; anticipating patterns; and statistical inference. Skills emphasized in the course include reading and understanding statistical content, communicating their understanding in writing, and using graphing calculators with fluency. These skills will help them learn to think and act like statisticians.
The AP Statistics course will enable the student to:
- Detect important characteristics from distributions of data.
- Generate conjectures about relationships among variables by making careful observations of patterns in data.
- Collect data according to a well-developed plan and formulate a model from which inferences can be drawn.
- Use probability to anticipate the distribution of data.
- Use statistical inference to select the appropriate model needed to draw conclusions from data.
- Write about their statistical work using appropriate language.
Assessment will include assignments, projects, and traditional tests and quizzes. Emphasis is placed on the processes of data collection, modeling, and statistical inference. An extended project using multiple forms of data analysis will be required following the AP exam.