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AP Stats Unit 5 Review

Authored by Angela Sage

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9th - 12th Grade

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This quiz focuses on sampling distributions and their properties, which is a fundamental topic in inferential statistics appropriate for Advanced Placement Statistics students in grades 11-12. The questions systematically assess students' understanding of key concepts including the distinction between parameters and statistics, the characteristics of sampling distributions (particularly for sample proportions and sample means), the Central Limit Theorem, and the properties of unbiased estimators. Students need to master the notation and vocabulary of statistics, understand that the mean of a sampling distribution equals the population parameter, calculate probabilities using the normal distribution when conditions are met, and recognize how sample size affects the variability of estimators. The mathematical complexity requires students to work with standard error formulas, apply z-score calculations, and interpret statistical symbols in context. These concepts build the foundation for hypothesis testing and confidence intervals that follow in the AP Statistics curriculum. Created by Angela Sage, a Mathematics teacher in US who teaches grade 9-12. This comprehensive review quiz serves as an excellent formative assessment tool to gauge student understanding before moving into Unit 6 of the AP Statistics course. Teachers can deploy this quiz as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge, assign it as homework to reinforce classroom instruction, or use it as a review session before summative assessments. The varied question formats help students practice the types of problems they will encounter on the AP exam while identifying areas that need additional instruction. This assessment aligns with Common Core Statistics and Probability standards S-IC.1 (understanding statistics as a process for making inferences about population parameters) and S-IC.4 (using data from sample surveys to estimate population means and proportions), as well as AP Statistics Learning Objectives related to sampling distributions and the Central Limit Theorem.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

The Gallup Poll asked a random sample of 1785 adults whether they attended church during the past week.  Let p-hat be the proportion of people in the sample who attended church.  A newspaper report claims that 40% of all U.S. adults went to church last week.  Suppose this claim is true. 
What is the mean of the sampling distribution of p-hat?

0.4
0.44
0.56
0.6

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

CCSS.HSS.MD.A.3

CCSS.HSS.MD.A.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

28% of all KHS students believe Tuesday will be snow day. You take a sample of 50 students and find that 15 of them believe Tuesday will be a snow day. What does 50 represent?

n

P

phat

standard deviation

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

These symbols represent the mean and standard deviation for which of the following distributions?

The Population
The Sample
The Sampling Distribution

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

These symbols represent the mean and standard deviation for which of the following distributions?

The Population
The Sample
The Sampling Distribution

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

These symbols represent the mean and standard deviation for which of the following distributions?

The Population
The Sample
The Sampling Distribution

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

At a particular college, 78% of all students are receiving some kind of financial aid.The school newspaper selects a random sample of 100 students and 72% of the respondents say they are receiving some sort of financial aid. Which of the following is true?

 78% is a population and 72% is a sample.
72% is a population and 78% is a sample
78% is a parameter and 72% is a statistic
72% is a parameter and 78% is a statistic

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The weight distribution of Unicorns is approximately normal with a mean of 1,000 lbs. and a standard deviation of 25 lbs. What is the probability that the mean weight of 25 randomly selected unicorns is greater than 1010 pounds? 

65.54%
97.72%
2.28%
34.46%

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

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