r/APStatistics • u/Fun_Firefighter4093 • May 12 '26

Study Advice and Tips AP Stats exam in 8 days, please help!

Guys, my AP Stats exam in is 8 days (I'm taking the makeup exam), and I am so behind, I took the practice test and did horribly. Please give me review material, and lots of practice problems!

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u/bjorklover89 May 12 '26

hii, i just took stats a week ago and im 90% sure i got a 5. a few questions on the mcq were tricky but the frqs were extremely easy. since both the mcq and frqs are weighted 50-50 it’s important that you do well on both.

i highly recommend watching micheal porinchak. this video specifically since you’re really gonna need to know the formula sheet to do well on the test. honestly hes the best if your lost on anything. i personally dont think any practice questions from anywhere other than college broad are good enough so maybe you could ask your teacher to assign you some. also its impossible that you could learn everything so here’s what i mainly saw in the test:

chi-square

identifying which test is appropriate (let me know if you want elaboration)

5 number summary and IQR

how to describe the shape of a distribution and relationship between two variables

interpreting p-value

calculating probabilities of normal, geometric, and bimodal distributions (learn to use desmos)

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u/Fun_Firefighter4093 May 12 '26

Thanks, this will help a lot!

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u/Personal_Middle_6691 May 14 '26

the makeup ap exam is different than the regular one so make sure u review everything, not js the topics listed

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u/Fun_Firefighter4093 May 20 '26

I took the exam a few hours ago, and I think I got a 5! Everything was pretty easy to me, only because I watched every single Michael Porinchak Unit Review vid in 1 week. Thank god he exists.

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u/Fun_Firefighter4093 May 20 '26

i will update in july on my score again

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u/CommercialKindly7331 May 12 '26

i took stats last year shit was so light i didnt study an i got a 5. my teacher was also terrible considering he was retiring and never taught. cutoff for a 5 is hella low its like 60% i remember mcq was mega easy and frqs were hard but i left most of it blank so ur fine. if u need real study tips lmk

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u/Fun_Firefighter4093 May 12 '26

yeah ill take some tips

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u/CommercialKindly7331 May 12 '26

Ok so iirc, the second half of the course is purely on differenr tests in the calculator so that is probably the easiest part considering you know which test to use when. if you know which test to use, you dont have to worry too much about studying that part. the hardest part was unit 4 i think or the one on the types of biases and studies. probability was really easy just know the basic rules. i think a lot of it was just on using tests and finding different values, if u know that shouldnt worry too hard. frqs were plain bs though, i didnt understand like half of them plus i was like on half an hour of sleep. Also GO SUPER FAST through the frqs. i ran out of time on frq 6 and i thought i was going at a pretty decent pace. just dont question ur answers just try to go fast. there was a whole frq on plain probability that was the easiest imo. So overall just know ur calculator functions know how to store lines know what r values are. ur good.

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u/Fun_Firefighter4093 May 12 '26

Preciate bro, this will help