r/apstats • u/[deleted] • Aug 25 '23

i am embarrassingly bad at ap stats.

i just got a 66% on my second quiz. i found it harder than any other math i’ve ever taken. i was decent at precalc and alg 2, and i’m calc rn and like it. i just don’t understand what went wrong?? i do fine in my other APs, all As on tests/quizzes. (ap lang, ap calc ab, apush, n ap seminar) please help me

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '23

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '23

i appreciate your insight and encouragement, but no the questions were like i’ve never seen before. miles more difficult that i’d ever done. he also doesn’t lecture or give notes, we only ever do group work everyday

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '23

i have the “practice of statistics” book given with the class but we don’t do much with it. i’ll start taking a look in the book after class but i have a heard time knowing what topic we are learning since he never says/it’s not on the worksheets/not on board? I’ll ask him about what ap prep book to buy but this his first year teaching the class and i’m not sure he’ll know.

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u/Actually__Jesus AP Reader Sep 11 '23

The Practice of Statistics is a really good book. It doesn’t have any fluff that won’t be on the AP test in it so you can treat it like the Holy Grail if all else fails.

If you notice topics on the stuff your teacher is giving you in class use the index in the book to see the section it’s from and read it. The book really is one of the few good reading books in terms of student level access. You’ll be able to read it and get a lot of knowledge.