Statistics AP
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Unit 4 Review Continued
Lesson Outline
We reviewed units 4.6 through 4.8, which covered independent events, unions of events, an introduction to random variables and probability distributions, and the mean and standard deviation of random variables.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Unit 4 Review Continued
Lesson Outline
We reviewed units 4.4 and 4.5, which covered mutually exclusive events, conditional probabilities, and joint probabilities.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Lesson Comments
One of the periods was devoted to Black History Month presentations.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Unit 4 Review
Lesson Outline
We reviewed units 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3 which covered the definition of a random variable, the definition of random processes, methods of simulating random processes, methods for estimating probabilities, and the law of large numbers.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Central Limit Theorem and Statistical Bias
Lesson Outline
College Board Website, AP Statistics, Units 5.3 and 5.4: The sampling distribution and the central limit theorem; randomization distribution using simulation; and why an estimator is or is not biased.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Session Date
Lesson Topic
The Normal Distribution
Lesson Outline
College Board Website, AP Statistics, Units 5.1 and 5.2: Samples from a population; calculating probabilities for a continuous normal random variable; determining the interval associated with a given area; how to calculate probabilities for linear combinations of normal random variables; determining the appropriateness of using the normal distribution.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Session Date
Lesson Topic
The Geometric Distribution
Lesson Outline
College Board Website, AP Statistics, Unit 4.12: Definition of the geometric distribution; calculating parameter and probabilities for geometric distribution; and interpreting parameters.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Binomial Distribution and Its Parameters
Lesson Outline
College Board Website, AP Statistics, Units 4.10 and 4.11: How to identify a binomial random variable; how to calculate binomial probabilities; and how to calculate binomial parameters.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Mean and Standard Deviation of Discrete Variables
Lesson Outline
College Board Website, AP Statistics, Units 4.8 and 4.9: Calculating the mean and standard deviation of discrete random variables; the effects of a linear transformation on the mean and standard deviation of a ransom variable; and how to calculate parameters for a linear combination of random variables.
Session Minutes
135
Minutes Student Attended
135
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Independent Events, Unions, and Random Variables
Lesson Outline
College Board Website, AP Statistics, Units 4.6 and 4.7: Calculating probabilities for independent events and unions of events; the concept of a random variable and a probability distribution.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Mutually Exclusive Events and Conditional Probability
Lesson Outline
College Board website, AP Statistics, Units 4.4 and 4.5: Mutually exclusive events, and how to calculate and interpret conditional probabilities.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90