<p>I know there are a lot of AP Stat students on here now because the exam is tomorrow, so I thought this was the best time for a quick question. What level of math is necessary for one to be able to take AP Stat? I'm in Canada, and classes like "Algebra 2" and "Pre-Calc" don't exist here, so I'd appreciate it if you could go into more detail about the specific material you should know prior to taking the AP Statistics class.</p>
<p>I would say that mainly punching numbers into a calculator...
You need some knowledge of geometry, algebra, functions, graphing.
AP Stats is unlike any other math class I've taken. Its mostly analytical and interpretative with some basic calculations. I hope that helps and doesn't confuse you.</p>
<p>OMG ROCKER!</p>
<p>This is the first time i've seen you outside of Cafe...lol</p>
<p>Basically if you know algebra and some geometry you're fine</p>
<p>linear equation,logarithms...and yea, that's about it,...</p>
<p>^Matrices, probability too. </p>
<p>I agree with mandi in that Stats is pretty different from other math classes. You need to be able to interpret and analyze data; most of the questions are conceptual and not computational. Graphing is pretty significant, but not like hyperbolas or ellipses. Graphing consists of boxplots, histograms, dot plots, stem and leaf...a lot of the "basic" graphs you learned in algebra like others have said. So much of the course is dependent on your calculator though, I don't think the math requirement to take the class is that important.</p>
<p>Algebra and Geometry are all you need to learn Statistics. It's helpful if you know your precalculus, it's probably called trigonometry in Canada.</p>
<p>Sheed, haha. I'm starting to move out of the Cafe.</p>
<p>I have minimal experience with matrices and logarithms, but I can brush up on them for the AP Stat course. </p>
<p>I looked at a few of the previous FRQs, just out of curiosity, and I looked through some sample student responses on AP Central. I noticed that there was very little calculation involved, which isn't what I expected.</p>
<p>Ya Stats is basically explaining stuff.</p>