Barron's How to Prepare for the Ap Statistics: Advanced Placement Test in Statistics (Barron's How to Prepare for the Ap Statistics. Advanced Placement examination, Second Edition) [Paperback]

Martin Sternstein (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764110918 | ISBN-13: 978-0764110917 | Publication Date: January 2000 | Edition: 2nd

Six full-length Advanced Placement practice exams are presented with all questions answered and explained. Extensive subject review includes additional questions and answers at the end of every topic section. Subject review sections cover distributions, bivariate data, categorical data, methods of data collection, probability, statistical inference, and much more. This new edition speaks more specifically than ever before to students' test preparation needs, and offers special hints for test-taking success.

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Choose Barron’s Method for Test Success on the AP Statistics Exam

Read and understand the authors’ overview of the AP Statistics exam

Devise your personal study plan for success

Use this book’s subject review to improve your skills in all test topics

Take the book’s practice tests and score your results

Review the answers and explanations for all test questions



It’s Your Path To a Higher Advanced Placement Test Score --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 486 pages
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc; 2nd edition (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764110918
• ISBN-13: 978-0764110917
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 7.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,795,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I only used the practice tests in this book, January 19, 2000

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"oevao" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Barron's How to Prepare for the Ap Statistics: Advanced Placement Test in Statistics (Barron's How to Prepare for the Ap Statistics. Advanced Placement examination, Second Edition) (Paperback)

I took the AP Statistics test almost two years ago but I still remember how this book helped me prep for it because I found it so helpful. Before, all the equations were jumbled up in my head but after going through practice test after practice test from this book, I felt more and more confident. When I took the test, I breezed through it and ended up with a 5. The reason I didn't give 5 stars to this book is that the practice tests weren't exactly like the actual test. But that's not a big deal because the practice tests were good preparation anyway, and I don't think any other book has more accurate tests. After all, the AP Statistics test has only been around a few years. My teacher is the one who gave us the practice tests from this book and he is a grader of the AP test so he's someone you can trust.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Was this ready to be released?, May 3, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Prepare for the AP Statistics, 2007 3rd Edition, (Barron's How to Prepare for the Ap Statistics Advanced Placement Examination) (Paperback)

I'll quickly admit to this: the concepts in this book are explained much more clearly than anything my teacher has said or given to me. But, of course, she's a horrible teacher.

However, I've never seen so many typos in a book! I'm convinced that whoever wrote this up was either not paying attention or had no idea what they were typing. For instance: on pg. 466 they state the null hypothesis as Ho:p1-p2=0, and then Ha:p1-p2=0. For those of you who haven't taken statistics, this is nonsense. Ha is supposed to be the opposite of Ho.

On page 180, there is a formula for the variance of a binomial distribution: Sigma squared X = (1-p). I thought it looked odd but I tried it out to find my answer completely off the mark. I was freaking out until I saw the right equation in a paragraph at the top of the page (... =np(1-p))

While often if you try, you can find your way around these, being fed misinformation while studying for an AP exam is terrifying. Keep away until another edition.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Never taken a statistics class and got a 5, December 7, 2001

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Mike Paradis (Goshen, KY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Barron's How to Prepare for the Ap Statistics: Advanced Placement Test in Statistics (Barron's How to Prepare for the Ap Statistics. Advanced Placement examination, Second Edition) (Paperback)

Statistics is probably one of the easiest AP exams you can take if you are a math-minded person. I bought this book and went through it once, and without using anything else I was able to achieve a 5 on the Stat exam. Saved me a lot of trouble when I got to college by already having the credit, I would recommend anyone with skills in math take the Stat exam.