This course, taught by Mr. Stein, covers the basic statistical techniques used in research. Students completing this course are ready to take the A.P. Statistics test. Students wishing to take this course must have completed Magnet Precalculus, Magnet Functions, or Precalculus with Analysis. The course relies heavily on the use of TI-83 calculators. It is a one-semester course.

Topics in the course include:

• Data Distributions and Relationships
  • Describing Distributions
  • Normal Distributions
  • Correlation
  • Regression
• Planning a Study
  • Sample Design
  • Experiment Design
  • Simulations
• Using Probability Models
  • Randomness
  • Random Variables
  • Binomial and Geometric Distributions
  • Sampling Distributions
• Inference
  • Significance Tests
  • Inference for the Mean
  • Comparing Means
  • Inference for a Population Proportion
  • Comparing Two Proportions
  • Chi-Square Procedures
  • Inference for Regression
• Analysis of Variance