<p>I've heard too many mixed reviews on which book to use to self-study AP Statistics.
I haven't taken a course in statistics, but I'm planning on self-studying for the AP exam this year. I've heard from many that Barron's AP Statistics is great, but some say that it's too difficult to understand/doesn't have good practice tests. On the other side, people have said that PR is more accurate. Can anybody argue which book is better and why, and possibly if you used the book for self-study: what score you achieved?</p>
<p>Barrons.</p>
<p>tanchar.</p>
<p>I took a class, but I had the PR and it contained all the info we learned in class. And I easily got a 5. The main thing with stats is practice. Find practice problems. In class, we used an AMSCO review book, which I would highly recommend if you want to be challenged slightly more (so the real test seems easier in comparison). It had 4 full practice ap tests. Not sure of the actual information content though - we really only used them for the practice tests</p>