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The Practice of Statistics

Sixth Edition| ©2018 Daren S. Starnes; Josh Tabor

The Practice of Statistics (TPS) is written specifically to address the College Board AP® Statistics Course Description.  Now the overwhelming bestseller for the course returns in a spectacular new edition.

For this edition, Josh Tabor joins the author team of veteran AP...

The Practice of Statistics (TPS) is written specifically to address the College Board AP® Statistics Course Description.  Now the overwhelming bestseller for the course returns in a spectacular new edition.

For this edition, Josh Tabor joins the author team of veteran AP® teachers who fully understand how to engage and teach high school students.  With new problem-solving and test preparation features and a dramatically enhanced suite of media tools, the fifth edition provides everything teachers and students need to succeed in the course and on the AP® Statistics exam.

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The right preparation for success in AP® Statistics.

The Practice of Statistics (TPS) is written specifically to address the College Board AP® Statistics Course Description.  Now the overwhelming bestseller for the course returns in a spectacular new edition.

For this edition, Josh Tabor joins the author team of veteran AP® teachers who fully understand how to engage and teach high school students.  With new problem-solving and test preparation features and a dramatically enhanced suite of media tools, the fifth edition provides everything teachers and students need to succeed in the course and on the AP® Statistics exam.

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Examples with paired “Try “Problems – At the heart of the TPS approach are the 175 worked examples, which are mapped to parallel exercises in the Section Exercises, to offer students both practice and support.  A backward/forwards navigation system ensures that students who start by trying to work exercises and only then go back to read the text content will land at the right spot and will get the guided help they need.  Each Example presents a detailed response in a “student font” to model a complete and well written solution.

Over 1600 Problems for Practice – Each of the 12 chapters is organized into 2-3 sections with 4-7 Learning  Targets in each.  Integrated through-out the text are Check Your Understanding exercises that offer “on the spot” practice for concepts and skills just learned. Each Section ends with comprehensive Section Exercises, including short answer, Multiple Choice, and  “review and recycle” problems, that ensures that key ideas learned earlier in the presentation are revisited as appropriate.  Every Chapter concludes with a through Chapter Review and summary, including a review table that identifies related examples and exercises for each Learning Target, a focused set of Chapter Review Exercises, and a Chapter AP® Statistics Practice Test with M/C and FRQ questions.  In addition, each chapter features a FRAPPY! (Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!) activity that prepares students for the most challenging on the AP® Exam.  Four Cumulative AP® Practice Tests are interspersed at logical breaks in the text (after chapters 4, 7, 10, 12) and build in level of complexity culminating in a complete model exam to help prepare students for success on the AP® Statistics Exam.

Additional help is offered through the 350 worked Example and Exercise Videos, identified by the play button  , that feature an experienced AP® Statistics walking step-by-step through each one to offer additional help and support when students need it most.  The can be accessed by clicking on the link  in the student e-Book or viewed at the open access Student Site.

Integrated AP® Support – Our authors know from experience that success on the AP® Exam comes from practicing every day- not just during a last minute review session.   In addition to strict adherence to the language, nomenclature, formulas and style of presentation that teaches that preferred on the AP® Exam,  many special features are incorporated:

  • AP® Exam Tips appear throughout the text to provide  in situ hints and guidance on how to study and prepare for the exam and avoid common mistakes.
  • Each Section ends with a comprehensive Section exercise set, including “review and recycle” problems that ensures that key ideas learned earlier in the presentation are revisited as appropriate.  Every Chapter concludes with a through Chapter Review and summary, including a review table that identifies related examples and exercises for each Learning Target, a focused set of Chapter Review Exercises, and a Chapter AP® Statistics Practice Test.
  • In addition, each chapter features a FRAPPY (Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!) activity that prepares students to answer the challenging FRQs, that comprise 50% of the score on the AP Exam.
  • Four Cumulative AP® Practice Tests are interspersed at logical breaks in the text (after chapters 4, 7, 10, 12) and build in level of complexity culminating in a complete model exam to help prepare students for success on the AP® Statistics Exam.

Technology Corners – provide detailed instructions, with screen captures, for creating graphs and performing the most important statistical analyses on the TI-84 graphing calculator.   TI-Nspire, TI-89, and HP Prime instructions are available on the Student Site and in the digital platform.   In addition, a comprehensive set of Applets, available free to users, supports simulation and hands-on learning and are referenced at appropriate points in the text.

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NEW – Many of the Examples now feature Teacher Talk boxes that feature the voice of the teacher to guide students through the appropriate steps in the solution. 

NEW to TPS6 are more detailed Chapter Review Exercise Videos that augment the Section Example and Exercise Videos and help student prepare for the Chapter AP® Practice Test.

Activities and NEW Chapter Projects – with more than 30 built in Activities and 5 Chapter Projects, students are encouraged to learn by simulation and by “doing” statistics.   The activities and projects may be used to support collaborative learning as well as deeper investigation and study

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The Practice of Statistics

Sixth Edition| ©2018

Daren S. Starnes; Josh Tabor

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Look Inside Look Inside Cover: The Practice of Statistics, 6th Edition by Daren S. Starnes; Josh Tabor

The Practice of Statistics

Sixth Edition| 2018

Daren S. Starnes; Josh Tabor

Table of Contents

About the Authors     
Acknowledgments
To the Student     
Overview: What Is Statistics?
 

1 Data Analysis
Introduction: The Science and Art of Data
     
1.1 Analyzing Categorical Data     
1.2 Displaying Quantitative Data with Graphs     
1.3 Describing Quantitative Data with Numbers 
Chapter 1 Wrap-Up   
      Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!      
      Chapter 1 Review      
      Chapter 1 Review Exercises      
      Chapter 1 AP® Statistics Practice Test 
      Chapter Project    

2 Modeling Distributions of Data
Introduction     
2.1 Describing Location in a Distribution     
2.2 Density Curves and Normal Distributions
Chapter 2 Wrap-Up         
      Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!      
      Chapter 2 Review      
      Chapter 2 Review Exercises      
      Chapter 2 AP® Statistics Practice Test  

3 Describing Relationships
Introduction    
3.1 Scatterplots and Correlation    
3.2 Least-Squares Regression  
Chapter 3 Wrap-Up  
      Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!     
      Chapter 3 Review     
      Chapter 3 Review Exercises     
      Chapter 3 AP® Statistics Practice Test    
      Chapter Project  

4 Collecting Data
Introduction   
4.1 Sampling and Surveys    
4.2 Experiments   
4.3 Using Studies Wisely 
Chapter 4 Wrap-Up   
      Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!     
      Chapter 4 Review     
      Chapter 4 Review Exercises     
      Chapter 4 AP® Statistics Practice Test 
      Chapter Project      
Cumulative AP® Practice Test 1

5 Probability: What Are the Chances?
Introduction 
5.1 Randomness, Probability, and Simulation    
5.2 Probability Rules   
5.3 Conditional Probability and Independence
Chapter 5 Wrap-Up    
      Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!     
      Chapter 5 Review     
      Chapter 5 Review Exercises    
      Chapter 5 AP® Statistics Practice Test    

6 Random Variables
Introduction    
6.1 Discrete and Continuous Random Variables    
6.2 Transforming and Combining Random Variables    
6.3 Binomial and Geometric Random Variables  
Chapter 6 Wrap-Up  
      Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!     
      Chapter 6 Review     
      Chapter 6 Review Exercises     
      Chapter 6 AP® Statistics Practice Test   

7 Sampling Distributions
Introduction    
7.1 What Is a Sampling Distribution?    
7.2 Sample Proportions   
7.3 Sample Means 
Chapter 7 Wrap-Up   
      Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!    
      Chapter 7 Review     
      Chapter 7 Review Exercises    
      Chapter 7 AP® Statistics Practice Test 
Cumulative AP® Practice Test 2

8 Estimating with Confidence
Introduction    
8.1 Confidence Intervals: The Basics    
8.2 Estimating a Population Proportion    
8.3 Estimating a Population Mean
Chapter 8 Wrap-Up     
      Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!     
      Chapter 8 Review     
      Chapter 8 Review Exercises     
      Chapter 8 AP® Statistics Practice Test    

9 Testing a Claim
Introduction    
9.1 Significance Tests: The Basics    
9.2 Tests about a Population Proportion    
9.3 Tests about a Population Mean   
Chapter 9 Wrap-Up 
      Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!     
      Chapter 9 Review     
      Chapter 9 Review Exercises     
      Chapter 9 AP® Statistics Practice Test    

10 Comparing Two Populations or Groups
Introduction    
10.1 Comparing Two Proportions   
10.2 Comparing Two Means 
10.3 Comparing Two Means: Paired Data
Chapter 10 Wrap-Up 
      Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!     
      Chapter 10 Review     
      Chapter 10 Review Exercises     
      Chapter 10 AP® Statistics Practice Test 
      Chapter Project   
Cumulative AP® Practice Test 3

11 Inference for Distributions of Categorical Data
Introduction   
11.1 Chi-Square Tests for Goodness of Fit    
11.2 Inference for Two-Way Tables   
Chapter 11 Wrap-Up 
      Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!     
      Chapter 11 Review     
      Chapter 11 Review Exercises     
      Chapter 11 AP® Statistics Practice Test  
 
12 More about Regression
Introduction    
12.1 Inference for Linear Regression    
12.2 Transforming to Achieve Linearity   
Chapter 12 Wrap-Up 
      Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!    
      Chapter 12 Review     
      Chapter 12 Review Exercises     
      Chapter 12 AP® Statistics Practice Test  
      Final Project  
Cumulative AP® Practice Test 4

Notes and Data Sources
Solutions
Glossary/Glosario
 
About the AP® Exam
Formulas for AP® Statistics Exam
Tables

      Table A: Standard Normal Probabilities     T-1
      Table B: t Distribution Critical Values     T-3
      Table C: Chi-Square Distribution
      Critical Values      T-4
      Table D: Random Digits      T-5

Index
Technology Corners Reference
Inference Summary
Additional Online topics
13 Analysis of Variance
14 Multiple Linear Regression
15 Logistic Regression

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Daren Starnes has taught a variety of statistics courses—including AP® Statistics, Introductory Statistics, and Mathematical Statistics—for 25 years. He earned his MA in Mathematics from the University of Michigan and his BS in Mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Daren has been a Reader, Table Leader, and Question Leader for the AP® Statistics exam for over 20 years. As a College Board consultant since 1999, Daren has led hundreds of workshops for AP® Statistics teachers throughout the United States and overseas. He frequently presents in-person and online sessions about statistics teaching and learning for high school and college faculty. Daren is an active member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), the American Statistical Association (ASA), the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC), and the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE). He served on the ASA/NCTM Joint Committee on the Curriculum in Statistics and Probability for six years. While on the committee, he edited the Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) pre-K–12 report. Daren is also coauthor of the popular on-level text Statistics and Probability with Applications (now in its fifth edition) and of the new college text Introductory Statistics: A Student-Centered Approach. Daren and his wife Judy enjoy traveling, rambling walks, jigsaw puzzles, and spending time with their three sons and seven grandchildren.


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Josh Tabor has enjoyed teaching on-level and AP® Statistics to high school students for more than 26 years, most recently at The Potter’s School. He received a BS in Mathematics from Biola University, in La Mirada, California. In recognition of his outstanding work as an educator, Josh was named one of the five finalists for Arizona Teacher of the Year in 2011. He is a past member of the AP® Statistics Development Committee (2005–2009) as well as an experienced Reader, Table Leader, Question Leader, and Exam Leader at the AP® Statistics Reading since 1999. In 2013, Josh was named to the SAT® Mathematics Development Committee. Each year, Josh leads one-week AP® Summer Institutes and one-day College Board workshops around the country and frequently speaks at local, national, and international conferences. In addition to teaching and speaking, Josh has authored articles in The American Statistician, The Mathematics Teacher, STATS Magazine, and The Journal of Statistics Education. Combining his love of statistics and love of sports, Josh teamed with Christine Franklin to write Statistical Reasoning in Sports, an innovative textbook for on-level statistics courses. Josh is also coauthor of the popular on-level text - Statistics and Probability with Applications (now in its fifth edition) and the new college text Introductory Statistics: A Student-Centered Approach. Outside of work, Josh enjoys gardening, traveling, and playing board games with his family.

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Written by Michigan Teacher of the Year and experienced AP Statistics Teacher, Luke Wilcox, the ATE provides new and experienced teachers alike wit...

Written by Michigan Teacher of the Year and experienced AP Statistics Teacher, Luke Wilcox, the ATE provides new and experienced teachers alike with a comprehensive guide to teaching AP Statistics effectively. The goal of the Teacher’s Edition is to empower every teacher, whether a rookie or  experienced with  AP® Statistics, to teach like a veteran from the first day of class.

The Sixth Edition ATE offers: an introduction with general advice for teaching AP Statistics, “Blue Pages” that precede the wrap-around student pages at the beginning of each chapter,  a list of resources including a comprehensive list of Free Response Questions (FRQs) appropriate for that chapter, additional guidance for using applets, videos, and other Internet resources, a pacing guide for the chapter featuring Learning Targets and suggested homework assignments.

Wrapped in the margins around the student pages are Teaching Tips, Alternate Examples and Alternate Activities, short solutions, including graphs, to all of the text’s exercises, Check Your Understanding problems, and chapter tests, Notes about AP Exam Common Errors, using the AP Exam formula Sheet, and integrated notes on extra resources that are available. 

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