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Name That Significance Test
It's the end of the year and you are trying to get ready for the AP Statistics Exam. You know that one of the free response questions is...
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Apr 14, 2019
Top 10 AP Statistics Exam Tips
It's the end of the year and you are trying to get ready for the AP Statistics Exam. What are the most important tips and strategies for...
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Mar 24, 2019
How I am using the Stats Medic Review Course
By Josh Tabor Like everyone else, I am constantly tweaking the way I teach AP Statistics, including how I manage the crucial time before...
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Mar 17, 2019
Statistics Inference Exam – Student Created
We all know that statistical inference is the end goal of AP Statistics. Inference also makes up the largest part of the AP Exam (up to...
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Mar 9, 2019
Falling Behind in AP Stats? Here’s What to Do.
Teaching remote. Reduced contact time with students. A polar vortex leads to 12 snow days. It’s your first year teaching AP Stats and you...
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Feb 24, 2019
How to Use the Stats Medic AP Exam Review Course in Your Classroom
You did it! You finally finished the content! So what if you only spent two days on linear regression…it’s time to start reviewing for...
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Feb 20, 2019
What's New from College Board for AP Statistics in 2019-2020
The College Board has recently announced some changes for AP Statistics for next school year. They also released a short video...
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Feb 10, 2019
Sneak Peek of the Stats Medic AP Exam Review Course
A good review is critical for student success on the AP Exam. The Stats Medic AP Exam Review Course is the best way to get them ready.
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Jan 20, 2019
Is the House of Representatives actually representative?
The 116th Congress is the most diverse in history. I have become absorbed by reading the stories of incredible newly elected officials...
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Jan 16, 2019
Baseball Salaries and the Central Limit Theorem
This guest blog post comes to us from superstar AP Stats teacher Leigh Nataro. Sampling distributions are at the heart of statistical...
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Dec 9, 2018
Turn your old notes into an Experience First, Formalize Later (EFFL) lesson
This year, in addition to teaching AP stats, we're teaching Algebra 2. I've been teaching Algebra 2 for the past five years using sort of...
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Dec 8, 2018
How does this work in a math classroom?
I have a secret to tell you. Please don't tell all the other stats teachers. They'll kick me out of the club. But believe it or not, I...
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Oct 30, 2018
Experience First, Formalize Later (EFFL)
Several years ago, the Stats Medic created a new on-level Stats course targeted toward Seniors at East Kentwood High School. We wanted...
Stats Medic
Oct 28, 2018
Introducing Independence: Does Mrs. Gallas choke under pressure?
Testing if two events are independent is tough. And with a formula like P(A) = P(A|B) = P(A|not B) it can be very confusing! Our students...
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Oct 12, 2018
Help Students Interpret r^2.
During my first few years of teaching, I treated the interpretation of r^2 as a fill-in-the-blank exercise: "__________ percent of the...
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Oct 9, 2018
Stratified Random Sample vs Cluster Sample
For starters, students need to understand the most fundamental idea of good sampling: the simple random sample (SRS). Hopefully you used...
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Jan 11, 2018
A Math Lesson For MLK Day
This lesson asks the question, "Why do some schools do better than others?" Learning Targets Describe the relationship between two...
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Oct 17, 2017
Response Bias Project
Would your decision to eat a delicious hamburger change if you knew the nutrition information? Would you admit to texting and driving in...
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Oct 10, 2017
Does Beyoncé Write Her Own Lyrics
Learning Targets Identify the population and sample in a statistical study. Identify voluntary response sampling and convenience sampling...
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Oct 8, 2017
Barbie Bungee: Guaranteed Student Engagement
Best class period of the year so far! Students were very engaged and worked hard. From start to finish they were excited about the bungee...
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