AP® Statistics
Frequently Asked Questions
Welcome to AP® Statistics!
Welcome to Albert's AP® Statistics course!
This page provides specific content-related information for Albert's AP® Statistics couse, including how it is organized, how to find questions using standards or tags, and ideas for classroom uses. If you need technical assistance, please visit our Help Center or contact hello@albert.io.
For testing information or details about the exam itself, visit the College Board.
Subject Organization
Albert’s AP® Statistics multiple choice questions (located in the Practice tab) and free response questions (located in the Free Response tab) are organized in accordance with the College Board’s 2020 AP® Statistics Course and Exam Description into the following units:
Units
- Unit 1: Exploring One-Variable Data
- Unit 2: Exploring Two-Variable Data
- Unit 3: Collecting Data
- Unit 4: Probability, Random Variables, and Probability Distributions
- Unit 5: Sampling Distributions
- Unit 6: Inference for Categorical Data: Proportions
- Unit 7: Inference for Quantitative Data: Means
- Unit 8: Inference for Categorical Data: Chi-Square
- Unit 9: Inference for Quantitative Data: Slopes
Sections
Each unit contains a range of specific topics. For example, here are some topics within Unit 1: Exploring One-Variable Data:
- 1.1 | Introducing Statistics: What Can We Learn from Data?
- 1.2 | The Language of Variation: Variables
- 1.3 | Representing a Categorical Variable with Tables
Assessments
In addition to our practice guide, AP® Statistics includes unit assessments and full-length practice exams that include questions unique from those on our practice guide. Unit assessments are designed to be assigned throughout the year at the end of each unit shown above. Our full-length practice exams are meant to prepare students for the AP® Statistics exam with multiple-choice and free response questions.
Free Response Questions
AP® Statistics includes free response questions designed to mimic questions seen on the actual exam. These questions include a sample response and a grading rubric for teachers.
Using Standards and Tags to Find Questions
Standards
All questions in Albert’s AP® Statistics course are aligned to enduring understandings, math skills, learning objectives, and essential knowledge standards from the Course and Exam Description.
This standards-alignment provides another easy way to find useful questions besides the Theme and Topic organization. Using the Standards button at the top left corner of any subject page, you can search for any standard from the CED to find all questions in our course library aligned to that standard! For more details, please see this article in our Help section.
In addition to searching by the standards’ names, you can also search by their content! Simply type in a few words from the standard description to see all relevant standards pertaining to that content.
Tags
Albert’s AP® Statistics includes content specific tags. These are words or phrases that provide information about what a question covers, such bivariate-statistics. Tags provide another easy way to search for relevant content in our course library. Simply search using the Tags button at the top left corner of any guidelevel and type in a few words from the essential knowledge description!
Question Types
AP® Statistics includes all of the questions students will find on the actual AP® exam. This provides meaningful practice of important skills and content to prepare students to excel in their course and on their exam.
Calculator Use
We know that educators have different philosophies around calculator use in math courses. For AP® Statistics, students are expected to have access to a graphing calculator with statistical capabilities.
Exam Information
All AP Exams take place the first two weeks of May. You can find the AP Exam schedule here.
The format of the AP® Statistics exam is detailed in the table below:
| Section | Section I: Multiple Choice Questions | Section II: Free Response Questions |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Questions | 40 questions | Part A: 5 questions Part B: 1 investigative task |
| Exam Weighting | 50% | 50% |
| Timing | 90 minutes | 90 minutes |
The AP® Statistics poster provides a detailed overview of this year’s exam.
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