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Apr 16, 20192 min read
AP Statistics Exam Review Strategy: The Practice Exam
One of the best strategies to help students prepare for the AP Statistics Exam is, well, an AP Statistics Exam. One that is real deal...

Apr 14, 20193 min read
How to CRUSH the AP Stats Free Response
It's the end of the year and you are trying to get ready for the AP Statistics Exam. You know that the free response is worth 50% of the...


Apr 14, 20191 min read
Name That Significance Test
It's the end of the year and you are trying to get ready for the AP Statistics Exam. You know that one of the free response questions is...

Apr 14, 20193 min read
Top 10 AP Statistics Exam Tips
It's the end of the year and you are trying to get ready for the AP Statistics Exam. What are the most important tips and strategies for...

Mar 24, 20193 min read
How I am using the Stats Medic Review Course
By Josh Tabor Like everyone else, I am constantly tweaking the way I teach AP Statistics, including how I manage the crucial time before...

Mar 17, 20192 min read
Statistics Inference Exam – Student Created
We all know that statistical inference is the end goal of AP Statistics. Inference also makes up the largest part of the AP Exam (up to...

Mar 9, 20193 min read
Falling Behind in AP Stats? Here’s What to Do.
Teaching remote. Reduced contact time with students. A polar vortex leads to 12 snow days. It’s your first year teaching AP Stats and you...

Feb 24, 20193 min read
How to Use the Stats Medic AP Exam Review Course in Your Classroom
You did it! You finally finished the content! So what if you only spent two days on linear regression…it’s time to start reviewing for...

Feb 20, 20192 min read
What's New from College Board for AP Statistics in 2019-2020
The College Board has recently announced some changes for AP Statistics for next school year. They also released a short video...

Feb 10, 20192 min read
Sneak Peek of the Stats Medic AP Exam Review Course
A good review is critical for student success on the AP Exam. The Stats Medic AP Exam Review Course is the best way to get them ready.

Jan 20, 20191 min read
Is the House of Representatives actually representative?
The 116th Congress is the most diverse in history. I have become absorbed by reading the stories of incredible newly elected officials...

Jan 16, 20192 min read
Baseball Salaries and the Central Limit Theorem
This guest blog post comes to us from superstar AP Stats teacher Leigh Nataro. Sampling distributions are at the heart of statistical...

Dec 9, 20182 min read
Turn your old notes into an Experience First, Formalize Later (EFFL) lesson
This year, in addition to teaching AP stats, we're teaching Algebra 2. I've been teaching Algebra 2 for the past five years using sort of...

Dec 8, 20182 min read
How does this work in a math classroom?
I have a secret to tell you. Please don't tell all the other stats teachers. They'll kick me out of the club. But believe it or not, I...

Nov 10, 20183 min read
How to Design an Experience First, Formalize Later Lesson
We have explained how we teach using the Experience First, Formalize Later lesson design and also why this model is best for students....


Oct 31, 20183 min read
Why Teach Using the Experience First, Formalize Later model?
In our previous post, we explained how we implement the Experience First, Formalize Later model in the classroom. In this post, we dig...

Oct 30, 20183 min read
Experience First, Formalize Later (EFFL)
Several years ago, the Stats Medic created a new on-level Stats course targeted toward Seniors at East Kentwood High School. We wanted...

Oct 28, 20181 min read
Introducing Independence: Does Mrs. Gallas choke under pressure?
Testing if two events are independent is tough. And with a formula like P(A) = P(A|B) = P(A|not B) it can be very confusing! Our students...

Oct 12, 20182 min read
Help Students Interpret r^2.
During my first few years of teaching, I treated the interpretation of r^2 as a fill-in-the-blank exercise: "__________ percent of the...

Oct 9, 20182 min read
Stratified Random Sample vs Cluster Sample
For starters, students need to understand the most fundamental idea of good sampling: the simple random sample (SRS). Hopefully you used...
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