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RECOMMENDED BOOKS: These highly recommended books are College Board materials and therefore are directly related to recommendations from the Test Development Committee and preparation for the AP Statistics Exam. Both are available from AP Central
AP Statistics Course Description (aka The Acorn Book) and the Teacher's Guide
DISCLAIMER: THE AUTHORS OF THIS FAQ HAVE NO RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE BOOKS OR SUPPLIES LISTED BELOW. INSTEAD, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU SEARCH THE ARCHIVES FOR PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS.
OTHER BOOKS: Some of these books are review books, while others are written as textbooks. Those written as texts tend to be more appropriate in college introductory statistics courses (because they do not follow the AP Statistics curriculum exactly). However, these books are excellent supplementary materials. Some AP Statistics teachers do use these as primary texts (follow asterisks for information provided by the publisher) and supplement where the AP Stat curriculum is missing/not covered thoroughly enough (please refer to the Archives for more information).
*Activity-Based Statistics: Instructor Resources, Richard L. Scheaffer, Mrudulla Gnanadesikan, Ann Watkins, and Jeffrey A. Witmer
*Activity-Based Statistics: Student Guide , Richard L. Scheaffer, Mrudulla Gnanadesikan, Ann Watkins, and Jeffrey A. Witmer
AMSCO Review Book, Jim Bohan
Basic Practice of Statistics, David Moore, WH Freeman
An Electronic Companion to Statistics, George Cobb with the collaboration of Jon Cryer
Barron's "How to Prepare for the AP Statistics Advanced Placement Examination"
Exploring Data, by James M. Landwehr and Ann E. Watkins.
JMP Start Statistics: A Guide to Statistics and Data Analysis using JMP and JMP IN Software, 2nd. ed.
Minitab Lab Manual for Devore and Peck's Statistics: The Exploration and Analysis of Data, 4th Edition, Jay L. Devore, Roxy Peck
Peck, Olsen, Devore Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis Resourse Binder, Chris Olsen
The Practice of Statistics, Yates, Starnes, and Moore, W.H. Freeman
Seeing Through Statistics, 2nd ed., Jessica Utts
Statistics: Concepts and Controversies, 3rd ed., David S. Moore
Statistics Handbook for the TI-83, Larry Morgan
Statistics with the TI-83, Gloria Barrett
The Workshop Statistics Series is now available. Teachers have a choice of the Workshop Statistics: Discovering with Data, Workshop Statistics: Discovery with Data and the Graphing Calculator, or Workshop Statistics: Discovery with Data and Fathom. The Minitab edition and the Bayesian Approach are also available. These texts support an active participation statistics course. The new editions continue the focus on genuine data, dozens of new data sets have been added and previous collections made current. New material has also been added on probability, The Central Limit Theorem, experimental design, inference for regression, and chi-square tests, making the text more suitable for the AP Statistics course.
Yellow Binder (for YMM The Practice of Statistics), Dan Yates
To read about other books reference/library that were recommended by list subscribers (for teachers' use):
*Activity-Based Statistics is a rich collection of statistical activities and investigations that you can use in a wide variety of situations, from algebra through AP Statistics. Its explorations help students -- and teachers -- develop their intuition about randomness and variation. In addition, the book allows you to explore unusual topics such as bootstrapping, resampling, capture-and-recapture, ranking, bias, sensitive questions, and quality control -- topics that include modern computer-intensive methods and rich connection to everyday life.
**Workshop Statistics: This book is not an exposition on statistics, but rather a series of hands-on activities in which your students discover statistical concepts, explore statistical principles, and apply statistical techniques by digging into rich data sets. Use Workshop Statistics as a supplemental text, or design your statistics curriculum around it. Either way, you and your students will enjoy this collaborative learning experience.
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Where can I find biased coins, loaded dice, and other fun, manipulatives? To find at least one activity that uses regular playing cards, click here. |