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Monday, October 16, 2017

Monday = More Studying!

Tonight, study, study, study! We will have our unit 1 test (full period) in class tomorrow! See below for various info about the test.

**If you were absent today you must make up your test by the end of this week or you will earn a 0!* 
  • You cannot make up the test during our class time
  • You can come after school Weds. or Thurs. (let me know before the day of)
  • Or you can come during any study hall or lunch (let me know prior)
Here are some ways you can study for Tuesday's test:
  • Read through your notes; maybe even use your notes to create an outline of the important content from unit 1! (see below for an outline of the test content)
  • Use KHAN ACADEMY! 
    • Khan not only has videos/tutorials to review concepts, but it also has lots of practice!
    • Enter the class code (or add a coach):
      • Class Code = 5HS925
  • Watch AP Stat Guy videos! This will allow you to quickly review different topics--focus on the things you struggle with most!
  • Look over your past tests/quizzes (take home test, mid-unit test, quizzes, etc.)
  • Be sure you can complete all of the multiple choice we worked on in class Friday (and discussed today)
  • Do practice problems!
    • I would recommend looking at the "Review of Part I" on pages 130-140 in your textbook--all odd answers are in the back of your book!
    • If you're looking for "extra practice problems" this is a good place (or Khan...)
  • Look over the "step-by-step" examples in chapters 4,5, and 6 in your textbook
  • Review all of the "yellow boxes" in chapters 2-6 to make sure you know all the calculator stuff! 
  • Study with classmates! Learning is collaborative!
And here's an outline of the content you need to know for Tuesday's unit test:
  • Chapter 4 and 5:
    • Reading/comparing boxplots
    • Know how to compare "SOCS" and a "Generally" statement (supported by %'s) when comparing boxplots...
    • ALSO know how to draw conclusions when comparing boxplots without necessarily comparing SOCS--like the 2017 AP Free Response (sites X,Y,Z) we had for homework or the "basketball players" homework question
      • Ex: for the 2017 FR part a is more about comparing SOCS....
      • Parts bi and bii require us to compare boxplots but to do so to draw a conclusion or answer a specific question, not just compare "SOCS"
      • Or, take a look at the back of your chapter 5 take home quiz (comparing period 1 and period 2 boxplots); then, try to answer each question below to practice for tomorrow (feel free to send a Remind message to see if your thoughts are correct):
        • Suppose we don't know which period you are in, but want to consider your test score....
        • 1.) What is one reason you would hope your test score was from period 1?
        • 2.) Why might you hope that your test score was from period 2?
    • Describe a distribution (shape, outliers, center, spread)
    • Know how mean/median compare for different shapes (skewed vs. symmetric)
    • Know how to read a histogram, boxplot, stemplot, ogive
    • Understand standard deviation and IQR--what each measures and what graphs look like if they have a "high Sx/IQR" or "low Sx/IQR"
    • Find probabilities using a two-way table
      • Like the "completed more advanced studies" context we had on a MC pop quiz to start class
  • Chapter 6
    • Shifting/rescaling problems (like our group MC Friday or the "Yuans" question from our take home test)
    • Calculate and interpret z-scores (like the Carofano's/Chipotle MC from Friday or the warmup we had using weight lifted by a player)
    • Use the 68/95/99.7 rule to "narrow down" MC options and/or to find percentages above/below/between
    • Use invnorm to find percentiles, cutoffs for the top __%, or middle cutoffs (like the notes examples or the IQ homework)
    • Use normalcdf to find percentages above/below/between with a Normal model (study the "storms" question, examples in our notes, and your IQ homework)

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