This manual’s in-depth preparation for the AP Statistics exam features the 35 absolutely best AP Statistics exam hints found anywhere, and includes: A diagnostic test and five full-length and up-to-date practice exams - All test questions answered and explained - Additional multiple-choice and free-response questions with answers - A 15-chapter subject review covering all test topics - A guide to basic uses of TI-83/TI-84 calculators The manual can be purchased alone or with an enclosed CD-ROM that presents two additional practice tests with automatic scoring of the multiple-choice questions, as well as a second CD-ROM introducing the TI-Nspire. BONUS ONLINE PRACTICE TEST : Students who purchase this book or package will also get FREE access to one additional full-length online AP Statistics test with all questions answered and explained. Barron's Essential 5 Introduction Diagnostic Examination Answer Key Answers Explained AP Score for the Diagnostic Exam Study Guide for the Diagnostic Test Multiple-Choice Questions Theme One: Exploratory Analysis Graphical Displays Summarizing Distributions Comparing Distributions Exploring Bivariate Data Exploring Categorical Data: Frequency Tables Theme Two: Planning a Study Overview of Methods of Data Collection Planning and Conducting Surveys Planning and Conducting Experiments Theme Three: Probability Probability as Relative Frequency Combining Independent Random Variables The Normal Distribution Sampling Distributions Theme Four: Statistical Inference Confidence Intervals Tests of Significance--Proportions and Means Tests of Significance--Chi-square and Slope of Least Squares Line Practice Examinations Appendix Checking Assumptions for Inference 35 AP Exam Hints AP Scoring Guide Basic Uses of the TI-83/TI-84 Formulas Graphical Displays Table A: Standard Normal Probabilities Table B: t -distribution Critical Values Table C: x 2 Critical Values Table D: Random Number Table Index Marty Sternstein is a Professor of Mathematics at Ithaca College where he has taught since 1970, except for one year as Visiting Professor and Head of the Math Department at the University of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix, and two years as Fulbright Professor and Math Department Chair at the University of Liberia in West Africa. He has written textbooks in Calculus and Statistics, has been honored with numerous teaching awards, and has developed new curricula, including an ethno-mathematics class, "Math in Africa," and the first U.S. course for college credit in chess theory. Marty has strong interests in national educational and social issues concerning equal access to math education for all. .