Stats MedicJan 13, 2017Interpret the z-score (Like it’s Your Job) Most of our students will have no trouble calculating a z-score. But interpreting the z-score is a much more important concept for their...
Stats MedicDec 10, 2016How to Write a Great Test for AP StatisticsUse the same format as the AP Exam The AP Statistics Exam consists of 40 multiple-choice questions and 6 free response questions....
Stats MedicDec 10, 2016How to Grade Your AP (Statistics) TestsYou have written a great test. Now it is time to grade it. Grade them the same day and return them the next day Remember back to your...
Stats MedicDec 8, 2016The AP Statistics Exam is Doing it RightAfter spending over 50 hours this past summer grading the 2016 AP Statistics Exam, I have some new thoughts about standardized testing. I...
Stats MedicDec 7, 2016Graphing Calculators are the New Slide RuleFancy calculators allow our statistics students to do a whole lot of statistics that would be very tedious to do by hand. Unfortunately...
Stats MedicOct 21, 2016A Statistics Class Without CalculatorsIn another post, we argued for the use of applets instead of graphing calculators in order to buy us more time for developing deep...