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The Practice of Statistics

Fifth Edition ©2015 Daren S. Starnes; Josh Tabor; Dan Yates; David S. Moore

Specifically addresses the College Board AP® Statistics course description.

Cover: The Practice of Statistics, 5th Edition by Daren S. Starnes; Josh Tabor; Dan Yates; David S. Moore

The right preparation for success in AP® Statistics.

Specifically addresses the College Board AP® Statistics course description.

Features

Reading Features That Highlight the Big Ideas

  • Learning Objectives at the beginning of each section, help students focus on mastering essential skills and concepts as they work through the chapter.
  • Definition boxes explain important vocabulary and  are easily located for quick reference
  • Caution Icons alert students to common mistakes made at that specific point in the chapter.
  • Margin boxes explain how to set up graphs or calculations, or recap important concepts.
  • Think About It offers critical thinking questions that help students make connections and deepen their understanding of important concepts.
  • AP® Exam Tips give advice on how to be successful on the AP® Exam.

Learn Statistics by Doing Statistics

  • A Hands-On Activity introduces the content of each chapter. Many of these activities involve collecting data and drawing conclusions from the data. Others ask students to use dynamic applets to explore statistical concepts.
  • Data Explorations cast students in the role of data detective, with the goal of answering a puzzling, real-world question by examining data graphically and numerically.
  • Check Your Understanding questions throughout the section, help clarify definitions, concepts, and procedures (answers in the back of the book).

Examples

  • Examples present statistical ideas in familiar, recognizable contexts
  • Four-Step Examples (“State, Plan, Do, Conclude”) help students develop good problem-solving skills, setting the stage for the more complex problems like those on the AP Exam.
  • Each Example has a corresponding For Practice exercise in the Section Exercises, referenced to the page in the chapter where the appropriate model appears.
  • A Play icon in the text indicates that there is video walkthrough of the example available.

Exercises

  • Section Summaries help students review the chapter before proceeding to the exercises
  • Exercises span differently levels of difficulty.  Most are in odd- and even-numbered pairs, with both exercises covering the same skill or concept.
  • Icons next to selected problems indicate:
    o The problem goes with an Example in the section
    o A step-by-step instructional video relevant to the problem is available
    o The problem draws on an earlier section in the text
    o The problem goes with one of the 4-Step Examples (“State, Plan, Do, Conclude”)

New to This Edition

NEW!  Tutorial Videos, are indicated in the student text with a “play button” icon, and linked into the student and teacher e-Books and the Book Companion Site (BCS).  These videos feature:

  • Worked Examples—experienced AP® teacher and learning specialist Jason Molesky walks through key examples step by step just as a teacher would in class.
  • Worked Exercises—these instructional videos by AP® veterans Doug Tyson and Paul Buckley work through the book’s “For Practice, Try” Exercises, giving students help when and where they need it.
  • Technology—Clear, keystroke-level instructions for using the TI-83/84, TI-89, TI-Nspire, and the new HP Prime calculators.

NEW!  Learning Objectives introduce the key takeways for each section. A summary table in the Chapter Review revisits the objectives, connecting them with key examples and exercises. 

FRAPPY!  (aka Free Response AP®  Problem, Yay!)
The new edition offers even more Free Response Question (FRQ) practice with the integration of this long-form AP® -style problem, with directions, scenario, calculation, and scoring rubric developed by StatsMonkey creator Jason Molesky.  An instructional video features Jason demonstrating the FRAPPY method to help students master FRQ’s. 

Enhanced and Paired Multiple Choice Questions— the end of section multiple-choice questions now offer a broader range of difficulty level.  Multiple-choice questions are PAIRED to facilitate homework assignments.

Thorough updates to the data and Technology Corners—the Technology Corners now reflect the new TI-83/84 Silver Edition Plus with color and the New TI-Nspire graphing calculator.   Technology tutorial videos are available. 

 

"I am so pleased with our 4th edition that I didnt think it could get any better. However, when I look at the way the conditions for Inference are organized on the back cover summary, I like [the 5th edition] more. [The new presentation] avoids some confusion that the kids had, and I think it is also more in line with what the AP folks expect."
-Hiram Baird, Naperville Community Unit School District 203, IL
 
"This was my first year of teaching AP Statistics and I used the TPS text… I appreciated the ease of learning AP Statistics for both me and my students. 　I am extremely impressed with the fabulous resources this book offers to help both the teacher and students." 　
-Nicole Ketcher, Mound Westonka High School, MN

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Daren Starnes

Daren Starnes has taught a variety of statistics courses—including AP® Statistics, Introductory Statistics, and Mathematical Statistics—for 25 years. He earned his MA in Mathematics from the University of Michigan and his BS in Mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Daren has been a Reader, Table Leader, and Question Leader for the AP® Statistics exam for over 20 years. As a College Board consultant since 1999, Daren has led hundreds of workshops for AP® Statistics teachers throughout the United States and overseas. He frequently presents in-person and online sessions about statistics teaching and learning for high school and college faculty. Daren is an active member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), the American Statistical Association (ASA), the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC), and the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE). He served on the ASA/NCTM Joint Committee on the Curriculum in Statistics and Probability for six years. While on the committee, he edited the Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) pre-K–12 report. Daren is also coauthor of the popular on-level text Statistics and Probability with Applications (now in its fifth edition) and of the new college text Introductory Statistics: A Student-Centered Approach. Daren and his wife Judy enjoy traveling, rambling walks, jigsaw puzzles, and spending time with their three sons and seven grandchildren.

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Josh Tabor

Josh Tabor has enjoyed teaching on-level and AP® Statistics to high school students for more than 26 years, most recently at The Potter’s School. He received a BS in Mathematics from Biola University, in La Mirada, California. In recognition of his outstanding work as an educator, Josh was named one of the five finalists for Arizona Teacher of the Year in 2011. He is a past member of the AP® Statistics Development Committee (2005–2009) as well as an experienced Reader, Table Leader, Question Leader, and Exam Leader at the AP® Statistics Reading since 1999. In 2013, Josh was named to the SAT® Mathematics Development Committee. Each year, Josh leads one-week AP® Summer Institutes and one-day College Board workshops around the country and frequently speaks at local, national, and international conferences. In addition to teaching and speaking, Josh has authored articles in The American Statistician, The Mathematics Teacher, STATS Magazine, and The Journal of Statistics Education. Combining his love of statistics and love of sports, Josh teamed with Christine Franklin to write Statistical Reasoning in Sports, an innovative textbook for on-level statistics courses. Josh is also coauthor of the popular on-level text - Statistics and Probability with Applications (now in its fifth edition) and the new college text Introductory Statistics: A Student-Centered Approach. Outside of work, Josh enjoys gardening, traveling, and playing board games with his family.

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