AP Statistics

Unit 2 Quantitative Variables (Chps. 4-5)

Big Idea:

The distributions of quantitative variables can be visualized with histograms, stem-and-leaf plots, dot
plots, and box plots. Descriptions of the distributions should include a discussion of center, spread,
shape, and unusual features. Parallel boxplots are useful for comparing distributions of quantitative
variables. The center and spread of distributions can be described numerically with the following
statistics: mean and standard deviation or median and IQR. The median and IQR are more resilient to
outliers and skewness.

Skills:

Construct histograms by hand and with the TI-84 Lessons 1,2

Provide a general description of shape, center, spread, and unusual features Lesson 3
Construct stem-and-leaf plots, with and without split stems- Lesson 4
Compare distributions with side by side stem-and-leaf plots Lessons 4, 5a
Construct dot plots and line plots Lesson 5b
Construct regular box plots and modified box plots by hand and with the TI-84 Lessons 6, 7, 8
Give specific descriptions of shape, center, spread, and unusual features given a box plot of a
distribution Lessons 6,7, 8
Compare distributions of quantitative variables with parallel box plots Lesson 9
Calculate the mean and standard deviation of a distribution and use them when appropriate to
describe its center and spread Lessons 10, 11, Activity
Describe the effect of outliers and skewness on mean and standard deviation Lesson 11
Predict the location of the mean relative to the median for a given distribution Lesson 11
Select the appropriate pair of statistics to use for describing the center and spread of a given
distribution Lesson 11

Project/ Activity :
Visualizing Standard Deviations
Mastery:

Barrons Packet
AP Free Response Questions
Review Packet

Vocabulary:
Distribution, histogram, relative frequency histogram, stem-and-leaf display, dotplot, shape, center, spread,
mode, unimodal, bimodal, multimodal, uniform, symmetric, tails, skewed, outliers, timeplot, median, mean,
range, quartile, interquartile range (IQR), percentile, 5-number summary, boxplot, variance, standard
deviation, outlier, lower fence, upper fence
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Unit 2 Assignments:

1. Thursday 9/18/14

2. Friday 9/19/14

3. Monday 9/22/14

4. Tuesday 9/23/14

5. Wednesday 9/24/14

6. Thursday 9/25/14

7. Friday 9/26/14

8. Monday 9/29/14

9. Tuesday 9/30/14

Before class:
Video 8 and journal assignment
During class:
Warm Up/ Discussion
Lesson 1a: Histogram Cut and Paste
Lesson 1b: Baseball Histograms
Before class:
Video 9 and journal assignment
During class:
Warm Up/ Discussion
Lesson 2: I Love My TI-84!
Before class:
Video 10 and journal assignment
During class:
Warm Up/ Discussion
Lesson 3: Gallery of Histograms
Before class:
Video 11 and journal assignment
HW: Childrens Living Arrangements
During class:
Warm Up/ Discussion
Lesson 4: Stem-and-Leaf Plots
Before class:
Video 12 and journal assignment
Barrons Review Packet
During class:
Warm Up/ Discussion
Lesson 5a: Comparing Distributions
Lesson 5b: Dot Plots and Line Graphs
Before class:
Video 13 and journal assignment
HW: Hitchcock Films
During class:
Warm Up/ Discussion
Lesson 6: Introduction to Box Plots
Before class:

Video 14 and journal assignment

HW: One Regular Box Plot
During class:
Lesson 7: More about Box Plots
Before class:
Video 15 and journal assignment
HW: Text Book Problems
During class:
Warm Up/ Discussion
Lesson 8: Master the Box Plot
Before class:
Video 16 and journal assignment
HW: Text Book Problems
During class:
Warm Up/ Discussion
Lesson 9: Parallel Box Plots and Making Comparisons

10. Wednesday 10/01/14

11. Thursday 10/02/14

12. Friday 10/03/14

13. Monday 10/06/14

14. Tuesday 10/07/04

15. Wednesday 10/08/14

Before class:
Video 17 and journal assignment
During class:
Warm Up/ Discussion
Lesson 10: Introduction to Standard Deviation
Before class:

Video 18 and journal assignment

HW: Ross Perot
During class:
Warm Up/ Discussion
Activity: Visualizing Standard Deviations
Before class:
Video 19 and journal assignment
HW: Box plot practice
During class:
Warm Up/ Discussion
Lesson 11: The Influence of Skewness and Outliers
Before class:
Video 20 and journal assignment
During class:
Chapter 4 and 5 Practice Problems
Before class:
Review Packet
During class:
Review
AP Free response Problems
Before class:
Video 21 (Review)
During class:
Unit 2 Quiz
Turn in journals and binders