AP Statistics Is it for me? What is Advanced Placement (AP)? • AP is college level curriculum, the same as at a college or university, taught at a high school in order to make students college- ready and eliminate the need to take course basics. College-eligible vs. College-ready • College-eligible • College-ready • Is meeting the minimum • Is having the necessary skills requirements in order to be desired by a college or accepted by a college or university in order to be university successful in college • Passing TAKS • Problem-Solving Skills • High School Diploma • Ability to research • Acceptable SAT/ ACT • Reasoning and Logic scores • Ability to Interpret Information • Precision and Accuracy How hard is AP? • Level of intensity: • AP – 4-Year University Level Curriculum • Dual Credit – Junior or Community College Level Curriculum • Pre-AP – High School Level Material taught for high achieving students with a greater depth of understanding available at Junior High and High Schools • Regular – Material taught on the appropriate grade level for the majority of students Who Should Take AP? • Counts as a 4th year of Math just like Pre-Calculus, Computer Science and Calculus • Top 25% should take AP over Dual Credit to be ready to go straight to a 4-yr college • Most college major degree plans require at least one Statistics class • StudentsWho interested should in any of the take AP Statistics? following: • Engineering – Chemical, Civil, Structural, etc. • Science – Biology, Chemistry, Physics, etc. • Social Sciences – Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, etc. • Medicine – Doctors, Nurses, Veterinarians, etc. • Healthcare – Hospitals, Pharmacies, Hospice, etc. • Political Studies • Business – Accounting, Finance, Management, etc. • Mathematics, Computer Science, etc. Is AP a Guaranteed College Credit? • 3 College Credit Hours in • ***Over 90% of 4-year colleges the same course in the U.S. provide credit • a 3, 4, or 5 on the AP Exam and/or advanced placement for is accepted by a public qualifying scores. college or university (U of H, UT, Texas Tech, etc.) • a 4 or 5 is accepted by most • *** Even if you do not receive private colleges and credit hours, you will be more universities (Rice, SMU, etc.) prepared when you get to • a 1 or 2 receives no college college and have to take a or university credit Statistics class. How is an AP Exam Graded? Score % May • All students in the 2009 country are ranked 5 13% according to their exam 4 19% scores, then assigned a 3 25% grade • In 2015: 2 19% approximately 200,000 students took the AP Statistics Exam 1 24% What is Statistics? • Definitions • (1) the Mathematics of collecting and analyzing data in order to draw conclusions and make predictions • (2) a branch of applied Math concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters, such as: acres of rainforest, people on the Earth, when natural resources will be depleted, etc. When can I take AP Statistics? • Anytime after Algebra II, can be taken: • Before/after/with Pre- Calculus • Before/after/with Calculus • Before/after/with Computer Science • Before/after/with College Algebra What are the Advantages of AP Stats? • Prepared for college Statistics even if your AP score is not accepted • SAT/SATII scores will go up since you will cover more of the tested topics • Earn 3 FREE! hours of college credit in Stats • A & M resident for 15 college hours is $24,024 • UT residents for Fall 2015 will pay $22,036 What is Statistics all about? • Graphs and Distributions • Samples and Experiments • Histograms • Confidence Intervals • Boxplots • How right am I? • Scatterplots • Hypothesis/Chi-Square • Mean, Median, Mode, Testing Range, etc. • Is this normal? • Probability • Are YOU normal? • Correlation (+, -, none) • Errors • Regression (stat-calc- • What percent am I right? Or 4:linreg) wrong? Sign up for ap stats today! See your counselor, and see when AP Statistics fits best into your high school schedule..