**OFFICIAL** 2013-2014 AP Biology Thread

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<p>I have one weekend to study. I haven’t done anything yet. I know there will be some people who say that its too bad, and that I should have prepared earlier. But that is in the past. I have two options over the next two and a half days. I can either study the Barron’s, or watch all the Bozeman videos. What do you you predict will have a higher probability of success? </p>

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<p>You should watch bozeman at 1.5 speed while taking notes. One weekend is more than enough time.</p>

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<p>@pretzel729‌ in the vein of scott young? and then supplement my videos with exercises from the barron’s? </p>

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<p>@monstorium omg I am so glad I am not the only one. I only have one weekend too. What’s your plan? Bozeman and Barron’s?</p>

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<p>I might just study the barrons. I crammed for my midterm with it the night before, and I got an 83% on the multiple choice (raw score). My teacher took the mc from the sample exam provided by the collegeboard. I’m just going to cram the barron’s and take notes + do exercises tomorrow, and then do its practice tests and watch the bozeman videos (just the ones on the labs) on sunday. I’m not very good at bio, due to the policy of active neglect that I have adopted in regards to the class, but as barron’s worked for me in january, i will go with it. </p>

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<p>@monstorium I think we only have time for Barron’s and a few videos, but that sounds good. Good luck! I haven’t paid attention all year an have only been studying the hight before tests so I just hope I pass…got really bad senioritis!</p>

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<p>lol i’m a junior, and i’ve always had vsenioritis. If you cram effectively, you can definitely score a 4 or higher. You just need to make sure you do it in a way that you retain the information. </p>

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<p><a href=“https://docs.google.com/document/d/18m36CikqaOAKDdOuwIKUM0Ya86VhdPjy9ol_3CVNtOU/edit”>https://docs.google.com/document/d/18m36CikqaOAKDdOuwIKUM0Ya86VhdPjy9ol_3CVNtOU/edit&lt;/a&gt;
ik I’m making this google doc early but I’m probably not gonna be on to discuss the answers with you guys so this makes it easier for me. </p>

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<p>So we get a formula sheet on the exam? </p>

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<p>i was wondering the same thing. do we have to memorize formulas like chi square?? </p>

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<p>No; there is a formula sheet. <a href=“http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/bio-manual/CB_Bio_TM_APPENDIX_A_WEB.pdf”>http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/bio-manual/CB_Bio_TM_APPENDIX_A_WEB.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>what version of barron’s are u guys using to cram?</p>

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<p>the 4th edition is the newest one. and for chi-square i watched bozeman on how to work with it. he said that saying “there is no significant difference between the expected and observed frequencies” can be used on any chi-square on the test. is this true?</p>

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<p>I’m not really sure what you’re asking. From a visual standpoint, the expected and observed frequencies usually aren’t wildly different in value. However, you’d need to do a chi square test to see if the small differences between the expected and observed values are due to chance or a factor that is resulting in the frequency change. I would hesitate to say on the test “there is no significant difference between the expected and observed frequencies” because that seems like it could be misconstrued as a misunderstanding of chi square by the grader.</p>

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<p>Perhaps you’re referring to what the null hypothesis is in all cases, which is “there is no significant difference between the expected and observed frequencies” . However, if you reject the null hypothesis (after performing the test), the results imply that there is in fact a significant difference. </p>

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<p>Hey guys, bozeman just posted new bio exam review yesterday. Check it out and goodluck!</p>

<p><a href=“AP Biology - The Final Review - YouTube”>AP Biology - The Final Review - YouTube; </p>

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<p><a href=“https://docs.google.com/document/d/18m36CikqaOAKDdOuwIKUM0Ya86VhdPjy9ol_3CVNtOU/edit?pli=1”>https://docs.google.com/document/d/18m36CikqaOAKDdOuwIKUM0Ya86VhdPjy9ol_3CVNtOU/edit?pli=1&lt;/a&gt;
Reposting the doc cause why not</p>

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<p>Is The Princeton Review from 2013 helpful?</p>

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<p>Also, I believe that the best way to study is by reading the concept outline on Collegeboard’s website considering how important concepts are.</p>

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<p>Yes i meant to say that was for the null hypothesis. in the bozeman review above he says that it is the one he always uses so i assumed it should be used for the test</p>