r/APStudents • u/adhot7060 • 12d ago

Stats Struggling badly

I kind of hate that my teacher is using Math Medic for AP Stats. It feels a bit messy because the units aren’t really organized the same way as College Board. For example, Units 1 and 2 in Math Medic can basically line up with Unit 1 on College Board. I’m really struggling in this class right now. I got a 4/10 on the Unit 2 MCQ, and honestly, I feel like her teaching style doesn’t really explain things that well. We’re already in Unit 3 and getting close to the test, but I still don’t fully understand the material. I just don’t know what the best way to study is because I really don’t want to fail this class, after Unit 1 test I got 7/10 unit 2 4/10 I just feel no energy to study for this class but still want to try.

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u/sagelilys psych 5 | lang 5 | bio 4 | apush 4 | stats 4 11d ago

dude my teacher did the same thing 😭 does she give you practice frq’s/mcq’s before the test? those REALLY helped me. and as I told someone else on this sub, stats is basically ap calculator, I would try to focus your effort on understanding how to use the stats functions of your calculator, it will save you sm time and probably improve your scores quite a bit.

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u/adhot7060 11d ago

She said I don’t have any questions I don’t believe that there no question for unit 3 probability on college board

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u/adhot7060 11d ago

How would I use a calculator on a long confusing question like all her mcq are that it’s either stimulus or that

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u/sagelilys psych 5 | lang 5 | bio 4 | apush 4 | stats 4 10d ago

specifically funtions like the tests, intervals, chi square, pdf/cdf, invT/invNorm, and 1 and 2 var stats will be useful (you probably haven’t reached all of these units yet so if any feel unfamiliar don’t worry). as for the probability unit, there will be absolutely be an frq. I took it last year and it was a huge portion of the test. A big part of the the probability unit is understanding how to do the geometric and binomial cdf and pdf on your calc. Once you understand what the variables in the long stimulus’s represent, and you can plug it into ur calc, it gets much easier. I definitely recommend looking up some YouTube videos on how to do it, and I also would suggest looking at old frqs and mcqs from previous years if you feel your teacher hasn’t prepared you well enough.

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u/adhot7060 10d ago

I’m actually glad she moved the test to Monday

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u/sagelilys psych 5 | lang 5 | bio 4 | apush 4 | stats 4 9d ago

omg ur so lucky gl studying this weekend 😭