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AP Statistics Course Information
  AP Statistics FRQ Analysis 1997-2007
  AP Statistics Course Description (.pdf/1.3MB)
  Statistics Course Perspective 
  Statistics Development Committee
  AP Calculus/Statistics Growth (.xls/17KB)
  AP Calculus/Statistics Growth Graph (.pdf/14KB)
  Sample Syllabi 

Exam Information
  The Statistics Exam
  Free AP Statistics Practice Exam New!
  Teaching Students How to Write AP Statistics Exam Responses
  AP Statistics FRQ Index New!
  Calculator Policies for Mathematics and Science (2007-08) (.pdf/44KB)
  Exam Tips: Statistics
  AP Exams Calendars

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Teaching Resource Materials
For the Classroom
  Inference New!

Curriculum Modules New!
  Assortative Mating - Student
  Assortative Mating - Teacher
  Text Messaging

Exploring Data
  So Much Data, So Little Time

Sampling and experimentation
  Coke Versus Pepsi: An Introductory Test of Significance
  Planning and Conducting a Study (.pdf/980KB) New!
  Sampling Distributions Special Focus—MLB data (.xls/192KB) New!

Anticipating Patterns
  Why Variances Add -- And Why It Matters
  Three Calculator Simulation Activities
  Random Variables vs. Algebraic Variables
  Is It Normal?
  A First Look at Significance and the p-value Through Simulation

Statistical Inference
  10% Assumption for Inference
  Is That an Assumption or a Condition?
  Why Do We Pool for the Two-Proportion z-Test?
  On Power

College Board Products
  CB Store: AP Statistics Teacher's Guide
  CB Store: Products for AP Statistics

Teachers' Resource Reviews
There are currently more than 150 reviews of statistics resources, including textbooks, Web sites, software, multimedia CD-Roms, and more, in the Teachers' Resources area. Each review describes the resource and suggests ways it might be used in the classroom. New reviews are added regularly, so check back often!
  Teachers' Resources
  The TRC: An AP "Google" With Reviews

Feature Articles
  Epidemiology in Middle School: A Curriculum
  Teach AP Statistics Next Year!
  Lesson Study: A PCMI Experience
  The Mathematical Puzzles of Benjamin Banneker
  One Chancey in a Million
  Women and Mathematics: Stereotypes, Identity, and Achievement
  Calculations Aren't Enough!
  In a World of Data, Statistics Counts
  Life as an "Acorn": My Experience as a First-Time AP Statistics Reader
  The AP Reading Experience
  Women's History: Women in Mathematics
  A Year in the Life of an AP Vertical Team for Mathematics
  A Year in the Life of an AP Vertical Team for Mathematics, Part II
  Engaging the Intuition in Statistics to Motivate
  AP Statistics Web Guide
  Preparing to Teach Statistics
  The Trials of Scipio: An Investigative Task
  Teaching Tips for AP Statistics
  After the Exam: Activities and Projects

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  AP Statistics EDG
  Registration for Electronic Discussion Groups

Subscribe to the AP Central AP Statistics Newsletter
About twice a school year, the AP Central staff compiles and sends email updates alerting members to important program updates and new content items for AP Statistics. You automatically receive this course newsletter unless you choose the "Do not send" option on the Personal Profile page. To see an example of the AP Statistics newsletter, click on the link below.
  AP Statistics Newsletter
  Personal Profile

Contributions
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Suggested Web Sites
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  National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
  Mathematical Association of America
  American Statistical Association

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