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Calculators on the AP Statistics Exam
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- Students are expected to bring a graphing calculator with statistical capabilities to the exam, and to be familiar with its use. The calculator's computational capabilities should include standard statistical univariate and bivariate summaries through linear regression. Graphical capabilities should include common univariate and bivariate displays such as histograms, boxplots, and scatterplots.
- Calculator memories do not have to be cleared; however, calculator memories may be used only for storing programs, not for storing notes.
- Minicomputers, electronic writing pads or pen input devices (Newton, Palm), pocket organizers, models with QWERTY [i.e., typewriter keyboards (TI-92 Plus and Voyage 200)], models with paper tapes, models that make noise or "talk," and models that require an electrical outlet are not allowed, but most graphing calculators that are on the market are acceptable.
- Nongraphing scientific calculators are permitted only if they have the statistics computational capabilities described in the AP Statistics Course Description.
- Each student may bring up to two calculators to the exam.
Use of Graphing Calculators on the Exam
On the AP Examination, the graphing calculator serves as a computational and graphical analysis tool in much the same way that statistical analysis software packages serve as tools for practicing statisticians. It is therefore not only inappropriate, but unethical, for students who are taking the AP Statistics Examination to have access to any information in their graphing calculators or elsewhere that is not directly related to upgrading the statistical functionality of older graphing calculators to make them comparable to statistical features found on newer models.
During the exam, students are not permitted to have access to any information in their graphing calculators or elsewhere that is not directly related to upgrading the statistical functionality of older graphing calculators to make them comparable to statistical features found on newer models.
Acceptable upgrades include improving the calculator's computational functionalities and/or graphical functionalities for data that students key into the calculator while taking the examination.
Unacceptable enhancements include, but are not limited to, keying or scanning text or response templates into the calculator. Students attempting to augment the capabilities of their graphing calculators in any way other than for the purpose of upgrading features as described above will be considered to be cheating on the examination.
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