What does holistic grading mean for you? Basically, you can't expect to earn many points by including a few correct equations or arithmetic answers if you're missing key statistical analysis. You need to show you understand how to use stats to get a good score on these questions. If you take a practice AP Stats exam which you should!
To estimate your score, you'll need to do a few calculations. If you need help estimating your score, the official free-response questions we linked to above include sample responses to help you get an idea of the score you'd get for each question.
For example, say you got 30 questions correct on the multiple-choice section, 13 points on questions , and 2 points on question 6. Your score would be 30 x 1. By looking at the chart below, you can see that'd get you a 4 on the AP Statistics exam. Below is a conversion chart so you can see how raw score ranges translate into final AP scores. I've also included the percentage of students who earned each score in to give you an idea of what the score distribution looks like:.
Source: The College Board. Practice tests are an important part of your AP Stats prep. There are official and unofficial AP Stats practice tests available, although we always recommend official resources first. Below are some of the best practice tests to use. To learn more about where to find AP Statistics practice tests and how to use them, check out our complete guide to AP Statistics practice exams. In this section we go over three of the most useful tips you can use when preparing for and taking the AP Statistics test.
Follow these and you're more likely to get a great score on the exam. As we mentioned earlier, free-response questions on AP Stats are graded holistically, which means you'll get one score for the entire question. This is different from many other AP exams where each correct component you include in a free-response question gets you a certain number of points, and those points are then added up to get your total score for that question.
The Stats free-response questions are graded holistically because there are often multiple correct answers in statistics depending on how you solve the problem and explain your answer. This means you can't just answer part of the question and expect to get a good score, even if you've answered that part perfectly.
If you've ignored a large part of the problem, your score will be low no matter what. So instead of trying to get a point here and there by including a correct formula or solving one part of a question, make sure you're looking at the entire problem and answering it as completely as possible. Also, if you need to include an explanation, be sure it explains your thought process and the steps you took.
If your explanation shows you understand important stats concepts, it could help you get a higher score even if your final answer isn't perfect. Aiming for the most complete response possible is also important if you can't answer one part of a question that's needed to answer other parts. For example, if you can't figure out what the answer to part A is, but you need to use that answer for parts B and C, just make up an answer try to keep it logical , and use that answer to solve the other parts, or explain in detail how you'd solve the problem if you knew what the answer to part A was.
If you can show you know how to solve the latter problems correctly, you'll likely get some credit for showing you understand the stats concepts being tested.
You'll need a graphing calculator to answer pretty much every question on the Stats exam, so make sure you know how to use it. Ideally, the calculator you use on test day will be the same one you've been doing homework and taking tests with throughout the school year so you know exactly how to use it. Knowing how to solve common stats functions on your calculator and interpret the answers you get will save you a lot of time on the exam. Your calculator will likely be most useful on the multiple-choice section where you don't need to worry about showing work.
Just plug in the data you're given into your calculator, and run the right equations. Then you'll have your answer! You may think that since AP Stats is a math course, vocab won't be an important part of the test, but you need to know quite a few terms to do well on this exam.
Confusing right- and left-skewed or random sampling and random allocation, for example, could lead to you losing tons of points on the test. In , as a response to the disruption caused by COVID, the College Board modified the AP exams so they were shorter, administered online, covered less material, and had a different format than previous tests.
But thousands of students faced technical problems and had to retake their exams. This year, the College Board is providing 3 testing dates starting in early May for each AP exam with options for in-school and at-home, as well as traditional and digital, testing. As in previous years, a student must obtain a score of 3, 4, or 5 to be eligible for college credit.
The AP Statistics exam will be 3 hours long. Students can take it in school or at home depending on the testing date details below. The times and locations vary by date. The AP Statistics exam will test students on the whole course content regardless of the version of the exam they take — traditional or digital — so be prepared to answer questions on these topics:.
While both the AP Statistics paper exam and the digital exam are 3 hours long, the format is different. The paper exam will be split equally between 2 sections: multiple-choice and free-response questions. Each section is worth 50 percent of the exam score. If you are falling behind schedule, check here for some ideas on what to keep and what to get rid of. May 17 at Noon local time. Paper-and-pencil exam. In school. May 25 at Noon local time. June 10 at 4 pm EDT. Digital exam. In school or at home.
Schools make decisions about which exam date s and are allowed to mix and match across courses, periods within the same course, and even by students within a single period. AP coordinators will be able to reassign a student with an existing exam order to a later date, if necessary. The paper-and-pencil exam will be the same format as always 40 multiple choice questions in 90 minutes, followed by 6 free response questions in 90 minutes - including an Investigative Task.
The digital exam will have more multiple choice 40 multiple choice in 90 minutes, followed by 11 multiple choice in 25 minutes, followed by 4 free response in 65 minutes. Here is the focus of the 4 free response questions:. Multipart question with a primary focus on collecting data. Multipart question with a primary focus on exploring data.
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