Statistics AP
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Lesson Topic
Review
Lesson Outline
We continued watching a video lecture.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Substitute
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Lesson Topic
Planning a Study
Lesson Outline
College Board Website, AP Statistics, Unit 3.2: Different types of studies and the scope of conclusions that can be drawn from them.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
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Lesson Topic
Unit 2 Review continued, and Start Unit 3
Lesson Outline
Completed Unit 2 Review. Started College Board website, AP Statistics, Unit 3.1: The challenges of collecting data.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
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Lesson Topic
Unit 2 Review
Lesson Outline
Today we began a review of Unit 2 in preparation for the Unit Test.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
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Lesson Topic
Analyzing Departures from Linearity
Lesson Outline
College Board Website, AP Statistics, Unit 2.9. We discussed: how to find and categorize influential points as outliers, high leverage points, or both; how to interpret nonlinear relationships that have been transformed for linear modeling -
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
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Lesson Topic
Least Squares Regression
Lesson Outline
College Board website, AP Statistics, Unit 2.8, we discussed: how the least squares regression line is determined by minimizing the sum of squared residuals; the interpretations of the slope and y-intercept of a linear regression model; and interpreting the coefficient of determination and computer output for regression.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Residuals
Lesson Outline
Using the College Board website, AP Statistics, Unit 2.7, we discussed: Calculating and interpreting residuals, and constructing residual plots; and using residual plots to determine if linear models are appropriate for different data sets.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Linear Regression Models
Lesson Outline
Using the College Board website, AP Statistics, Units 2.5 and 2.6, we discussed: the difference between correlation and causation; and the components of a linear regression model.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Statistics for Two Variables
Lesson Outline
Using the College Board website, AP Statistics, Units 2.3, 2.4, and 2.5, we discussed: how to use summary statistics to determine if two categorical variables are associated; distinguishing between explanatory and response variables; how to construct and describe a scatterplot; and how to use correlation to interpret a linear relationship.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Categorical Variables
Lesson Outline
Using the College Board website, AP Statistics, Units 2.1, 2.2, and part of 2.3, we discussed: the introduction of the relationships between two variables; using two-way tables and graphical displays to determine if two categorical variables are associated; and demonstrated how to use summary statistics to determine if two categorical variables are associated.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90