Barron's AP Statistics [Paperback]

Martin Sternstein Ph.D. (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764140892 | ISBN-13: 978-0764140891 | Publication Date: February 1, 2010 | Edition: 5

One Diagnostic and five full-length Advanced Placement Practice Exams are presented in the manual with all questions answered and explained. Equally valuable to prospective test takers is the author's 15-chapter topic review, covering virtually everything they will encounter on the actual exam. Topics for review are divided into four general themes: Exploratory Analysis, Planning a Study, Probability, and Statistical Inference. Additional multiple-choice and free-response questions with answers are presented at the end of all 15 chapters. Detailed appendices include exam-taking advice, an AP scoring guide, a guide to basic uses of TI-83/TI-84 calculators, and more. This manual may be purchased alone or with an optional CD-ROM containing two additional full-length practice exams, giving students a total of eight practice exams. The free-response questions in all exams have been replaced in this new edition in order to bring practice tests completely up to date and accurately reflect the latest AP Statistics exams.

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AP Statistics practice exams reflect the actual exam in length, subject matter, and degree of difficulty

All questions answered and explained

Review topics cover four general themes: Exploratory Analysis, Planning a Study, Probability, and Statistical Inference.

Additional multiple-choice and free-response questions with answers are presented at the end of all chapters

Product Details

• Paperback: 608 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 5 edition (February 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764140892
• ISBN-13: 978-0764140891
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,068 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's an okay book, overall, April 15, 2008

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L. Khan "AP Kid 16" (New York, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Barron's AP Statistics (Paperback)

This book isn't all that great. I bought it in hopes of refreshing my memory, and since AP Statistics has some intricate details to it, this book doesn't really go into them. The chapters contain A LOT of examples which helps the student see the different types of problems he/she can encounter, but there is little explanation of general ideas. The author relies a lot on defining terms through examples and through few words. The chapter questions in the end are also flawed because the answers turn out to be those that AREN'T covered by the author in the chapter reviews. In addition, the way the chapters are broken up are incoherent and inconsistent to follow, and you end up running to (again) examples of ideas than the actual definition. I thought that this was fine because in the end, I could grasp the concept, but it turns out I'll just be memorizing the different questions the AP test could ask than actually understand the concept.

My best bet is that this book is good for taking the 6 practice tests, but for general review, one should get the CliffsAP Statistics or even The Princeton Review.

The Barron's book initially got good reviews on the previous editions, but this one doesn't live up to that. I'm ending up buying another book and dropped this book for studying for the AP Exam that's in 3 weeks.

~Hope my review helped (:~

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book for relaxed AP review, August 28, 2009

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Daniel Chen - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Barron's AP Statistics (Paperback)

Barron's books tend to have a more cramped style than Princeton review and are unpleasing to the eye, but the content in this book is just plain better. I am writing this review after receiving a 5 on the AP Statistics exam after using this book. Its explanations of key concepts are better than Princeton Review's, which tend to be confusing at times, which is enough for me to dislike it. Princeton review also assumes that you are stupid and give formulas that are unintuitive but get you the answer. Due to the cramped style, I'd recommend you give yourself a bit of time to get used to it and slowly look through it; it will serve you well.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great supplement to Stats Textbook, September 21, 2010

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This review is from: Barron's AP Statistics (Paperback)

I found this book great review for the topics covered on the AP exam. After going through the textbook chapter, i would usually read the Barrons to reinforce it. But I must admit that the Barrons summary of the topics are a little brief, and might be confusing if you do not know what they are talking about. I would not recommend solely reading Barrons, but rather reading your textbook (or possibly 5 Steps to a 5) to understand the topic first before going to Barrons. Barrons always adds more in depth explanations and key points that may have not been included in the textbook.

As for the practice questions, they are really well written. Though they seem hard, and are actually harder than the ones on the official exam, they prepare you well. If you can answer these questions, you are going to ace the real ones.

I would highly recommend this book (along with your textbook) to prepare for the exam.