AP®︎ Statistics Unit 1: Notes & Study Guide
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with a comprehensive review on Unit 1 of AP Statistics – Exploring One-Variable Data and Collecting Data.
Unit 1: Exploring One-Variable Data and Collecting Data
How to describe a single variable with graphs and summary statistics, use the normal distribution, and design samples and experiments that support the conclusions you want to draw.
Begin with Topic 1.1: Introducing Statistics: W...To review Unit 1, go through each of the 13 topics below.
Everything you actually need to know for your Unit 1 test, pulled directly from the AP® Statistics curriculum.
Introducing Statistics: What Can We Learn from Data?
Introducing Statistics: What Can We Learn from Data?
- What a Statistical Study Is
- Parts of a Statistical Study
- Investigative Questions That Work
Variables
Variables
- What Observational Units, Variables, and Data Are
- Types of Variables
- Types of Quantitative Variables
Tabular Representation and Summary Statistics for One Categorical Variable
Tabular Representation and Summary Statistics for One Categorical Variable
- What a One-Variable Categorical Distribution Shows
- Frequency and Relative Frequency Tables
- How to Build and Check a Table
Graphical Representations for One Categorical Variable
Graphical Representations for One Categorical Variable
- What a Categorical Distribution Shows
- Bar Charts and Pie Charts
- Making and Choosing the Right Graph
Graphical Representations for One Quantitative Variable
Graphical Representations for One Quantitative Variable
- What a Graph of One Quantitative Variable Shows
- Dotplots, Stemplots, and Histograms
- How to Construct Each Graph
Descriptions for One Quantitative Variable Distributions
Descriptions for One Quantitative Variable Distributions
- What a One-Variable Quantitative Distribution Shows
- Shape and Unusual Features
- Center and Spread
Summary Statistics for One Quantitative Variable
Summary Statistics for One Quantitative Variable
- What Summary Statistics for One Quantitative Variable Are
- Measures of Center, Position, and Spread
- How to Calculate and Use Them
Graphical Representations of Summary Statistics for One Quantitative Variable
Graphical Representations of Summary Statistics for One Quantitative Variable
- The Five-Number Summary and What a Boxplot Shows
- How to Construct a Boxplot
- How to Read a Boxplot
Comparisons of the Distributions for One Quantitative Variable
Comparisons of the Distributions for One Quantitative Variable
- Comparing distributions of one quantitative variable
- What to compare in the distributions
- How to read comparative graphs
The Investigative Question Revisited and Data Collection
The Investigative Question Revisited and Data Collection
- What an Investigative Question Must Specify
- Census, Sample, and What the Data Actually Cover
- Experiment or Observational Study
Random Sampling
Random Sampling
- What Random Sampling Is
- Sampling With and Without Replacement
- The Four Random Sampling Methods
Potential Problems with Sampling
Potential Problems with Sampling
- What Sampling Bias Is
- Main Sources of Bias in Sampling
- How to Identify the Bias in a Scenario
Experimental Design
Experimental Design
- What an Experiment Is
- Principles of a Well-Designed Experiment
- The Main Experimental Designs
Notes
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