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These posts are referenced in the Teacher’s Edition of The Practice of Statistics 6th edition.
General:
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How to Write a Great Test for AP Statistics
How to Grade Your AP Statistics Test
Chapter 1:
Experience First, Formalize Later
Why Teach Using Experience First, Formalize Later
How to Design an Experience First, Formalize Later Lesson
Knix the Trix: Except for SOCV and DUFS
How to Write a Great Test for AP Statistics
How to Grade Your AP Statistics Tests
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Chapter 2:
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Interpret the z-score (Like it’s Your Job)
Why Bother with z-scores and Table A?
Why do we Standardize Normal Distributions?
Table A or normalcdf?
Ban “IT” From Your Statistics Classroom
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Chapter 3:
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Graphing Calculators are the New Slide Rule
Beware r by Itself!
How to Interpret the Slope of a Line of Best Fit
Correlation Does Not Mean Causation
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Chapter 4:
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Does Beyonce Write Her Own Lyrics?
Stratified Random Sample vs. Cluster Sample
Why Isn't Bias Accounted for by the Margin of Error
Chapter 5:
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Mutually Exclusive Events? Ask Turner
Best Friends Forever: Two-way Tables and Venn Diagrams
Probability: 5 Strategies to Try Before Using a Formula
Using Two Aces to Introduce Probability
Introducing Independence: Does Mrs. Gallas Choke Under Pressure
Chapter 6:
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Table A or normalcdf?
Using Memes to Teach Statistics
Chapter 7:
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Decisions Made at Buffalo Wild Wings
Chapter 8:
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What is statistical inference?
“Guess My Age” Activity
Interpret the z-score (Like it’s Your Job)
Chapter 9:
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Tell the Whole Story: Evidence for Ha
The Holy Grail of AP Statistics
What is a Jerry Error?
Baseball Salaries and the Central Limit Theorem
Chapter 10:
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Which Version of the AP Exam Was Harder?
Chapter 11:
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Are These Dice “Loaded”?
Help: My Calculator Doesn’t Have a Chi-square GOF Test!
A Student Proof
Chapter 12:
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Student Created Inference Test
Two 10-inch Pizzas or One 16-inch Pizza?
How Do I Help Students Review for the AP Statistics Exam?
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