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.

Exam weight: 20-30%
13 Topics

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.

Topic 1.1
~7 min
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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
Review
Topic 1.2
~7 min
Review
Variables
Variables
  • What Observational Units, Variables, and Data Are
  • Types of Variables
  • Types of Quantitative Variables
Review
Topic 1.3
~6 min
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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
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Topic 1.4
~8 min
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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
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Topic 1.5
~8 min
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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
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Topic 1.6
~7 min
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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
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Topic 1.7
~6 min
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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
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Topic 1.8
~7 min
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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
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Topic 1.9
~8 min
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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
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Topic 1.10
~7 min
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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
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Topic 1.11
~7 min
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Random Sampling
Random Sampling
  • What Random Sampling Is
  • Sampling With and Without Replacement
  • The Four Random Sampling Methods
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Topic 1.12
~7 min
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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
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Topic 1.13
~7 min
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Experimental Design
Experimental Design
  • What an Experiment Is
  • Principles of a Well-Designed Experiment
  • The Main Experimental Designs
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