<p>Seeing that the exam is in less than a week and there is no official thread yet...here it is!</p>
<p>How you guys preparing? Anyone confident or demoralized so far?</p>
<p>Demoralized. Definitely demoralized lol. I feel like every practice test I do, I know the basics of the problem the question is asking about, but not enough to do it -_-</p>
<p>I’m feel a bit of both really. I feel like the MC are really easy but once I check the answers, I get some wrong that I definitely felt were right</p>
<p>arkie2014 - I know how you feel, I feel the exact same way. I’m going over the material in the Barrons book and I get it, but once I do any sort of practice, I just can’t do it. Its so frustrating. All I am doing is just practicing and focusing on wordings of the questions. We took a mock AP last week and I was 4 points away from a 4. I want a 4, but I don’t think I’m going to get it.</p>
<p>Bump! I’m worried about this exam as well…</p>
<p>So right. I thought I knew everything, but when I started to do problems, I just can’t get them right.</p>
<p>I’m in the same boat as you guys but the thing is I haven’t studied much for this ap honestly though haha. I hear so often how stats is supposed to be one of the easiest APs but honestly I think I prefer physics… Although, some of the Frq’s are admittedly easy, but once the ones with calculations and null/alternative hypothesises come up… Ohhh man. </p>
<p>What are you guys studying/ having the modt difficult time with before this fri??</p>
<p>I honestly don’t think Stats is one of the easier APs. There are sooo many ways you can go wrong when you’re doing the FR lol</p>
<p>On some of the FR’s on my tests, I sometimes forget to include many parts of the answer, like assumptions and parameters of a particular procedure, so I get docked a lot of points. Now that the test is in three days, I’m getting nervous. The review activity that I did in class did not help to boost my self-confidence.</p>
<p>At this point, I’m pretty much just going over the different procedures and tests for different FRQs. I generally know which one to use (z, t, chi-squared), but sometimes I get tripped up. I also have to remember which assumptions go with which. Finally, since I normally use the calculator, I need to go over the calculations to write down. Having said all that, I feel pretty confident.</p>
<p>Anyone know how difficult the test questions are compared to practice book questions?</p>
<p>Oh and does anyone know what the curve was for this test last year?</p>
<p>In my opinion, the actual test questions are a little easier than the ones in the practice review books…
@caliamy19: im not really sure what the curve was specifically for last year, but i’ve heard that you can still manage a 5 by getting at least 60% of the MC.
I think the hardest topic (so the one i’ll actually study for) in stats is by far experimental design</p>
<p>I’m so ready for this test. Had such a great teacher this year and made a solid five on the practice exam we took a week ago. Looked at last years FRQ’s and laughed they were so easy, I just hope it will be the same this year with no linear regression !</p>
<p>Linear regression will probably be one multiple choice on the exam, and it’ll probably ask about the interval formula. </p>
<p>As for the exam, 40% of it is inference tests with null hypothesis, so if you do well on that you’re practically guaranteed a 3.</p>
<p>I’m aiming for a 5, the 2nd 5 in my school’s history. I hope I can get it. </p>
<p>Did anyone else think the Barrons AP Stats practice book was significantly harder than the actual college board practice exams?</p>
<p>luked124 I kinda think that the Barron’s book is easier on the FRs and harder on MC. I don’t know, maybe you should do a statistical analysis ;)</p>
<p>Anyone have the old released frq with the answers?</p>
<p>[AP</a> Central - The AP Statistics Exam](<a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>AP Statistics Exam – AP Central | College Board)</p>
<p>They’re all here.</p>
<p>TI-84 plus silver edition. It’s the ones we’ve been using at my school since 8th grade.</p>
<p>anyone know where I can get the released exams?</p>