Agenda – Statistics

2026 AP Statistics Summer Institute – Coeur d’Alene, Idaho         

Presenter: Bridget Matamoros

Email: bridget.matamoros@gmail.com

 

Course Description

In this exciting four-day workshop for AP Statistics, we will unpack the new CED framework and the units of study, review statistical practices and course skills needed for mastery, practice navigating AP Classroom to investigate the online resources available, and identify strategies to support all learners in the AP Statistics classroom to be successful statisticians. Concerned about the new digital AP Statistics Exam? Never fear! We will take a deep dive into the newly restructured exam with example problems and scoring guidelines and discuss how to utilize the Instructional Planning Report for reflection and improvement. Expectations regarding the course audit process and curricular requirements will also be discussed while developing an instructional plan that fits your school’s schedule and calendar. A great deal of time will be spent experiencing various activities and techniques that can be utilized in your own classroom, so come ready to work.

Preparing for the Course

In order to optimize our time together, please:

  1. Bring a laptop or tablet and a graphing calculator.
  2. Find out everything you can about your particular course. What do you know about your students? What textbook will you use? What software or technology do you have access to? Do you have graphing calculators available? If you need assistance with any of these concerns prior to the workshop, please reach out to me.
  3. Download an electronic copy of the AP Statistics Course and Exam Description (CED) from https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap-statistics-course-and-exam-description-effective-fall-2026.pdf . Feel free to bring a print copy if this is more convenient for you as we will annotate many items in the CED.
  4. Consider bringing or discussing a favorite lesson or strategy to share with your colleagues, especially if you are an experienced AP Statistics instructor.
  5. Take this survey so that I can learn a bit more about you and guide our time together.

 

Agenda (Subject to change)

Tuesday, July 7
Morning Session begins at 8:00am Introductions

Overview of AP Statistics Course Framework and Exam

Opening Activity: Smelling Parkinson’s

 

Unit 1: Exploring One-Variable Data and Collecting Data

·         The new Investigative Question (IQ)

·         Creating and Describing Graphs

o   Content & Strategies

o   Card Sorts, Example activities

 

Technology Focus: Desmos Scavenger Hunt
Afternoon Session ends at 4:00pm

 

 Unit 2: Probability, Random Variables, and Probability Distributions

·         The Normal Distribution

o   Example activities

o   Example Unit Test

 

Unit 1: Exploring One-Variable Data and Collecting Data

·         How good is a census?

·         Activity: Sampling Methods in Polling

 

Wednesday, July 8
Morning Session begins at 8:00am Course Audit process & Textbook options

Conclude Unit 1: Exploring One-Variable Data and Collecting Data

·         Observational Studies vs. Experiments Article Analysis

·         Activity: Guinea Pig Experiments

 

Deep Dive into the new FRQ1 and FRQ2
Afternoon Session ends at 4:00pm

 

 Broadening Access to AP

AP Classroom Resources

 

Unit 5: Regression Analysis

·         Building understanding with technology

·         What is r2?

·         Project examples

 

Continue Unit 2: Probability, Random Variables, and Probability Distributions

·         Basic probability theory content practice and strategies

o   Formulas, vocabulary, representations

 

 

 

Thursday, July 9
Morning Session begins at 8:00am Assessment and Grading

Using the Chief Reader Report

Using the Instructional Planning Report

 

Conclude Unit 2: Probability, Random Variables, and Probability Distributions

·         Discrete Probability Distributions

o   Combinatorics and the Binomial Distribution

o   Normal + Binomial

 

Unit 3: Inference for Categorical Data: Proportions

Part 1: Sampling Distributions and Inference for One Proportion

·         Activity: The German Tank Problem
Afternoon Session ends at 4:00pm

 

 Unit 3 continued:

·         Activity: Gerrymandering

·         The normality condition (Desmos)

·         Activity: Dowsing for Water

·         Type I and Type II errors; Power

Part 2: Sampling Distributions and Inference for Two or more Proportions

·         Activity: The Tattoo Response Bias Problem

·         Chi-square tests

·         Chi-square investigative questions

 

 

Friday, July 10
Session runs from 8:00am until 1:00pm Unit 4: Inference for Quantitative Data: Means

·     The sampling distribution of   and The Central Limit Theorem

·         Activity: Origami Frog Jumping Distance

·         Baseball ERA Rule Changes

·         Activity: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Clinical Trial

·         Activity: The Stroop Effect

 

Deep Dive into the new FRQ3 and FRQ4

Closing Q&A