AP Statistics
Assignment List
I do not assign grades for homework in AP Statistics. You should do as many (or as few) problems as you feel you must in order to understand what we are doing.
Not all problems in the book are worth doing-hence, the suggested problems.
After a section/topic is covered in class, it is expected that you have looked at (tried; completed) those problems that are essential.
Each chapter in the textbook has a review outline. I have listed those items for which you are responsible. A negative sign indicates a skill that you should have, but is not as important, or was not specifically covered in class.
Chapter 01
Section |
Suggested Problems |
Essential Problems |
1.1 |
1.1, 1.2, 1.5-1.18, 1.20 1.23-1.30 |
1.1, 1.2 (variables) 1.6 (bar charts) 1.9, 1.11 (stemplots) 1.14, 1.15 (making histograms) 1.16, 1.17 (reading histograms) |
1.2 |
1.31-1.50 1.51-1.58 |
1.32, 1.34 (mean & median) 1.36 (comparing distributions) 1.37, 1.39 (boxplots) 1.40 (a), (c) (standard deviation) 1.42 (numeric summaries) 1.44 (effects of transformations) 1.47, 1.49 (comparing distributions) |
Review |
1.60-1.73 |
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Review Items (p. 64): A: 1, 2; B: 1-, 2-, 3 - 5; C: 2 - 5; D: 1-, 2-; E: 1 - 3; F: 1 - 4; G: 1; H: 1-, 2 - 3 (including histograms).
Chapter 02
Section |
Suggested Problems |
Essential Problems |
2.1 |
2.1-2.4, 2.6-2.9 2.11-2.15 |
2.2 (area under a density curve) 2.4 (shape; mean and median) 2.7, 2.8 (Empirical rule) |
2.2 |
2.19-2.25 2.28-2.34 |
2.20 (z-scores) 2.23, 2.24 (normal calculations) |
Review |
2.38-2.49, 2.51, 2.52 |
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Review Items (p. 112): A: 1 - 3; B: 1 - 5; C: 1, 2-.
Chapter 03
Section |
Suggested Problems |
Essential Problems |
3.1 |
3.1-3.4, 3.6-3.7, 3.9-3.12, 3.15-3.37 |
3.1 (explanatory/response) 3.12, 3.20 (scatterplots) 3.27, 3.28 (correlation) |
3.2 |
3.40-3.61 |
3.41 (regression, prediction) 3.45 (plot, regression, interpretation) 3.47 (influential points) 3.56 (a little of everything) |
Review |
3.62-3.76 |
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Review Items (p. 182): A: 1-, 2; B: 1, 2-, 3; C: 1, 2; D: 1, 2; E: 1 - 6.
Chapter 04
Section |
Suggested Problems |
Essential Problems |
4.1 |
4.6-4.25 |
4.6 (exponential transformation) 4.13 (power transformation) 4.22 (predictions) |
4.2 |
4.27-4.49 |
4.27 (being careful!) 4.33 (causation) |
Review |
4.72-4.80 |
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Review Items (p. 256): A: 3, 4; B: 1 - 3.
Chapter 05
Section |
Suggested Problems |
Essential Problems |
5.1 |
5.1-5.30 |
5.1 (population/sample) 5.3 (explanatory/response) 5.4 (confounding) 5.7 (bias) 5.10 (SRS methods) 5.14 (non-response) 5.25 (SRS vs. stratified) 5.30 (systematic random sample) |
5.2 |
5.31-5.47, 5.49-5.56 |
5.31 (basic experiments) 5.37 (lurking variables; design) 5.43 (blinding; bias) 5.50 (identifying elements of design) |
5.3 |
5.59-5.73 |
5.59, 5.62 (simulation design) 5.67 (simulation) |
Review |
5.74-5.88 |
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Review Items (p. 318): A: 1 - 5; B: 1 - 8; C: 2, 3.
Chapter 06
Section |
Suggested Problems |
Essential Problems |
6.1 |
none |
none |
6.2 |
6.11, 6.12, 6.14, 6.15, 6.17, 6.18-6.23, 6.25-6.26 6.27-6.44 |
6.11 (d), (e) (sample space) 6.12 (c) (sample space) 6.17 (events) 6.26 (combining events) 6.28 (intersections) 6.29 (independence) |
6.3 |
6.46-6.48, 6.50-6.65 6.66-6.77 |
6.46, 6.51 (unions) 6.54, 6.64 (conditional probability) |
Review |
6.78-6.87 |
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Review Items (p. 382): 1 (finite discrete case only), 2, 3, 4-, 5 - 10, 11-.
There are some additional problems available on my website.
Chapter 07
Section |
Suggested Problems |
Essential Problems |
7.1 |
7.2-7.9 7.10-7.17 |
7.3, 7.5 (probability distributions) 7.8 (the normal model) |
7.2 |
7.22-7.29, 7.32-7.41 (not 7.37c) 7.42-7.46, 7.48-7.50 |
7.29 (mean and variance) 7.40, 7.60 (combining random variables) |
Review |
7.54-7.62, 7.66-7.68 |
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Review Items (p. 430): A:1, 2, 3-; B:1, 3.
There are some additional problems available on my website.
Chapter 08
Section |
Suggested Problems |
Essential Problems |
8.1 |
8.1-8.20 8.27-8.34 |
8.4, 8.6 (binomial probability) 8.18 (mean and standard deviation) |
8.2 |
8.37-8.46 8.47, 8.49, 8.51 |
8.39 (geometric probability) 8.44 (mean) |
Review |
8.55-8.64 |
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Review Items (p. 478): A: 1, 2, 3-, 4, 5-; B: 1, 2, 3-, 4.
There are some additional problems available on my website.
Chapter 09
Section |
Suggested Problems |
Essential Problems |
9.1 |
9.1-9.4, 9.8, 9.10, 9.11 9.12-9.13, 9.15, 9.17 |
9.1, 9.3 (parameters and statistics) 9.10 (bias and variability) |
9.2 |
9.19-9.24 (ignore rule of thumb 1) 9.25-9.29 |
9.19, 9.23 (sample proportions) |
9.3 |
9.31-9.38 9.39-9.42 |
9.31, 9.32 (sampling) 9.35, 9.37 (CLT) |
Review |
9.43, 9.45-9.53 |
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Review Items (p. 527): A:1 - 5; B: 1 - 4; C: 1 - 4.
Chapter 10
Section |
Suggested Problems |
Essential Problems |
10.1 |
10.1-10.18 10.19-10.26 |
10.7, 10.8 (confidence interval) 10.13, 10.14 (choosing sample size) |
10.2 |
10.27-10.40, 10.42-10.44 10.45-10.56 |
10.38, 10.39 (test of significance) 10.44 (test-interval connection) |
10.3 |
10.57-10.61 10.62-10.65 |
none |
10.4 |
10.66-10.73 10.74-10.77 |
10.67, 10.71 (error and power) |
Review |
10.78-10.89 |
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Review Items (p. 607): A: 1 - 5; B: 1 - 4, 6, 7.
Chapter 11
Section |
Suggested Problems |
Essential Problems |
11.1 |
11.1-11.4, 11.7-11.11 11.12, 11.13, 11.15, 11.16 11.17-11.23 11.24-11.36 |
11.3, 11.4 (finding critical values) 11.10 (1 sample interval) 11.13, 11.15 (matched pairs procedures) 11.19 (1 sample test) |
11.2 |
11.37, 11.38, 11.39-11.44 11.47-11.49 11.50-11.59 |
11.40 (2 sample procedures) 11.41 (2 sample interval) 11.48 (2 sample test; computer output)
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Review |
11.62-11.73 |
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Review Items (p. 673): A: 1 - 2; B: 1 - 5; C: 1 - 3.
Chapter 12
Section |
Suggested Problems |
Essential Problems |
12.1 |
12.1-12.12 12.13-12.19 |
12.6, 12.7 (1 sample interval) 12.11, 12.12 (choosing sample size) 12.16, 12.17 (1 sample test) |
12.2 |
12.22-12.27 12.28-12.34 |
12.22, 12.24 (2 sample interval) 12.26, 12.27 (2 sample test) |
Review |
12.35-12.45 |
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Review Items (p. 718): A: 2, 3; B: 1 - 3; C: 1 - 3.
There is a nice chart on page 719 illustrating the various types of inference that we have discussed. Ignore the matched pairs for proportions!
Chapter 13
Section |
Suggested Problems |
Essential Problems |
13.1 |
13.1-13.4, 13.7, 13.10-13.13 |
13.1 (p-values) 13.2 (goodness of fit test) |
13.2 |
13.14-13.25 |
13.16 (homogeneity test) 13.23 (independence test) |
Review |
13.31-13.39 |
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Review Items (p. 770): A: 1 - 3; B: 1 - 5.
Chapter 14
Section |
Suggested Problems |
Essential Problems |
14.1 |
14.1-14.11 |
14.3 (a,b,c) (computer output) 14.9 (test of significance) 14.11 (confidence interval) |
14.2 |
14.12 (a,b), 14.14-14.17(a) |
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Review |
14.18-14.27 (ignore any parts that refer to prediction intervals) |
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Review Items (p. 805): A: 1, 2; B: 1 - 3.
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