UPDATED The Practice of Statistics

Description

The Practice of Statistics is the most trusted program for AP? Statistics because it provides teachers and students with everything they need to be successful in the statistics course and on the AP? Exam.  With the expert authorship of high school AP? Statistics veterans, Daren Starnes and Josh Tabor and their supporting team of AP? teacher/leaders,  The Practice of Statistics, Sixth edition (TPS6) has been crafted to follow the topical outline of the AP? Statistics course with careful attention paid to the style, nomenclature, and language used on the AP?  Statistics exam.  It combines a data analysis approach with the power of technology, innovative pedagogy, and an extensive support program built entirely for the sixth edition.   New resources, including a robust online homework program and an extensively revised TestBank, give teachers and students everything they need to realize success on the exam and in the course.

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 DataIntroduction     
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 RelationshipsIntroduction    
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 DataIntroduction   
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 15 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 DistributionsIntroduction    
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 28 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 ClaimIntroduction    
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 GroupsIntroduction    
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 DataIntroduction   
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 RegressionIntroduction    
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? ExamFormulas 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