AP statistics history (1997 to 2016)

Thanks to Sue Hvizdos for assembling this history of the AP Statistics reading

1. The AP Statistics Reading
A Visual History
1997 – The Present

2. 1997 - The College of New Jersey
The Housing Village
Great Rooms,
Great Food,
Tiny Towels!!!!
Chief Reader:
Dick Scheaffer
 # of Readers: 57
 # of Exams: 7,667
4 Reading Rooms
Shirt Color: WHITE
Professional Night
Speaker: Stu Hunter

3. Group Photo – The Original Readers

4. The List of Original Readers - 1997

5. The 1997 Free-Response Questions
1. 1900 vs. 2000 Pop.
Ogives, Medians, IQR,
Comparing Distributions
 2. Fish Tank
Experimenal Design; blocking
3. Drug Testing
Probability (tree);
Conditional probability

4. Political candidate
Two proportion inference;
Significance Test (1 – tailed)
5. Oven Chips
Matched pairs vs. two sample;
Two-tailed procedure
6. Auto Depreciation
Linear and Non-linear
Regression

6. A Real Reading “ROOM” (with walls)

7. 1998

8. 1998 – University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Abel and Sandoz Halls- Our New Home
Chief Reader –Dick Scheaffer
Chief Reader Designate –
Roxy Peck
# of Readers – 85
# of Exams – 15,486
Shirt Color: Burgundy
Reading “Rooms” in the Union
building (while under construction
for asbestos removal)
Professional Night Speaker –
The “Glittering” DAVID MOORE

9. Welcome to Nebraska!

10. The 1998 Free-Response Questions
1. CLT means what?
Sampling Distribution of x ;
CLT
2. Defective Items
Scatterplot vs histogram;
graphical interpretation
3. Butterfly tagging
Randomization;
analyzing data
4. Weed killer
Linear Regression; Computer
printout; residual plots
5. Graduate housing
One proportion inference;
Significance test (1-tailed)
6. Oysters and Pearls
Normal calculations;
Simulation

11. Group Photo - 1998

12. The “Unprofessional Night” takes on new
meaning from the “Butterflies”.

13. The First Group of “ACORNS”

14. Another group of readers goes through
their skit. (Each reading room did one!)

15. 1999

16. 1999 – Out of the Union Building and
into Exposition Hall
# of Readers: 122
# of Exams: 25,240
Chief Reader: Roxy Peck
# of Table Leaders: 24
Shirt Color: Teal
Professional Night Speaker: George Cobb

17. Getting to the Reading Building
The long walk from Abel (tall
building in the background)
over the train tracks (trying to
beat a train became a real
skill) to the State Fair
Grounds.

18. Where We Read
 Outside Inside
At least it was air conditioned. The “walls” are there
because the building housed school children for
awhile. The other “walls” were only curtains.

19. A Typical Reading Room

20. Where We Snack
(and gain 10 pounds per day!)
They made us walk (!) to the snack building for
about 2 minutes of exercise each AM and PM
before pigging out on all the goodies. See the lists
above of all the choices each day – things you
couldn’t live without by the end of the week!

21. Our “Neighbors” Across the Street

22. Group Photo - 1999

24. The 1999 Free-Response Questions
1. Lydia & Bob-
Air Travel
Linear Regression; slope and
y – intercept; residuals
2. Lost Hikers
Chi-Square test of association

3. Dentists and Apples
Observational Study vs.
experiment: confounding;
establishing causation
4. Defective Batteries
Normal calculations; IQR;
probability calculation
5. Die A and Die B
Probability; Expected Value
6. Guessing coin tosses
One proportion inference;;
Matched pairs; correlation

25. “Oh Holistic One” does his thing

26. More Skits

27. The “Tiny Bubbles”

28. 2000

29. 2000 – My How We’ve Grown!
Chief Reader: Roxy Peck
Exam Leader: Ann Watkins
# of Readers: 155
# of Exams: 34,118
Shirt Color: Black
Professional Night Speaker: Allan Rossman

30. The Millenium Readers

32. The 2000 Free-Response Questions
1. Drug A & Drug B
Scatterplots; Graphical
interpretation
2. Cave & Footprints
Assumptions for inference
about means

3. Male Flexibility
Constructing graphs for
tablular data; graphical
interpretation and comparison

4. Baby Walkers
Two sample inference for
means; two-tailed; causation?

5. Cholesterol
Experimental design; blocking;
double-blinding
6. Ellipse!
Normal calculations; diff of 2
rand var’s; independence;
the ellipse

33. 2001

34. 2001 – A Statistics Lounge in the Dorm!!!
Chief Reader: Roxy Peck
Exam Leader:
# of Readers: 210
# of Exams: 40,259
Shirt Color: Hunter Green
Professional Night Speaker: Dick Schaeffer

35. The 2001 Free-Response Questions
1. L.A. Rainfall
Outliers, summary statistics,
exploratory data analysis
2. Copier Repairs
Random variables &
expected value

3. Radio Giveaway
Designing and performing a
simulation

4. Dwarf Fruit Trees
Blocking and Randomization

5. Name Brand vs.
Generic Drugs
Matched pairs t-procedures
6. Predicting Ph.D.
from GPA
Comparative displays;
inference for regression slope;
LSRL and prediction

36. Group Photos –
we can’t all fit in one any more!

37. Dick Schaeffer and
The Original Oak Trees

38. The Oak Trees –
The Originals - still around 5 yrs later

39. Scenes from the Statistics Lounge

40. 2002

41. 2002 – This Exam will be Released !!
Chief Reader: Roxy Peck
Exam Leaders: Beth Chance, Jessica Utts
# of Readers: 241
# of Exams: 49,824
# of Table Leaders: 30
Shirt Color: Purple
Professional Night Speaker: Joan Garfield

42. The 2002 Free-Response Questions
(and Form B introduced)
1. Einstein vs Newton
Graphical Interpretation;
Interpreting CI’s
2. Give Me the Boot!
Matched Pairs design;
double blind

3. Fast Runners
Normal calculation;
combining r.v.’s – means and
variances

4. Airline Costs
Linear Regression; computer
printout; correlation

5. Owls & Early Birds
Stating Hypotheses;
two-sample t-test
6. S or F?
One proportion CI; Interpreting
confidence; two proportion z-test
or chi-square test

43. Monitoring Our Progress

44. More Sing-Alongs to add some Cheer

45. Jeff Witmer gets the table leaders to
have some fun!

46. 2003

47. 2003 – Passing the Gavel
Chief Reader: Roxy Peck
Chief Reader Designate: Brad Hartlaub
Exam Leaders: Beth Chance, Jessica Utts
# of Readers: 243
# of Exams: 58,230
# of Table Leaders: 33
Shirt Color: Yellow
Professional Night Speaker: Ann Watkins

48. The 2003 Free-Response Questions

1. Accurate Watches
Parallel boxplots, graphical
interpretation, choosing
inference procedure
2. Lawsuits
One proportion hypothesis
and parameter; Type I, II error

3. Men’s Shirt Sizes
Normal distributions, binomial
probability
4. Tai chi and Yoga
Random assignment, control
group, generalizability

5. Presidential Survey
Chi-square test of
independence

6. Shuttle Bus!
Graphical interpretation, one
proportion CI; interpreting CIs;
probability

49. One Group of Readers

50. The Human Histogram

51. “Awesome Power” is being transferred.

52. 2004

53. 2004 – Question Leaders Are Added
Chief Reader: Brad Hartlaub
Exam Leaders: Ken Koehler, Jessica Utts
Question Leaders: Ken Constantine,
Mahduri Mulekar, Chris Olsen, Diann Resnick
# of Readers: 248
# of Exams: 65,878
# of Table Leaders: 36
Shirt Color: Royal Blue
Professional Night Speaker: Bob Mason (Past President of
ASA)

54. The 2004 Free-Response Questions

1. Gasoline Additives
Parallel boxplots, outliers;
comparing proportions
and means
2. Shampoo
Blocking, random
assignment for block
designs

3. Brontosaur Bones
Binomial random variables,
conditional probability;
generalizability
4. Ear Infections
Probability (tree diagram),
expected value

5. Health Services
Chi-square test (assoc.),
estimating overall proportion

6. Cholesterol-reducing
Drug
One sample t-interval, one
sample t-test, one-sided CI

55. 2005

56. 2005 – More Question Leaders
Chief Reader: Brad Hartlaub
Exam Leaders: Ken Koehler, Jessica Utts
Question Leaders: Ken Constantine, Jackie Dietz,
Chris Franklin, Diann Resnick, Daren Starnes,
Ann Watkins, Lisa Winer
# of Readers: 336
# of Exams: 76,786
# of Table Leaders: 40
Shirt Color: Red
Professional Night Speaker: Fritz Scheuren (President of
ASA)

57. The 2005 Free-Response Questions

1. Nutrition
Interpreting graphical
displays; Planning a study

2. Telephone Lines
Expected value; Sampling
distribution; Discrete random
variables

3. Great Plains Railroad
Residual plots; Estimating
parameters; LSRL;
generalizability
4. Breakfast Cereal
Test for a proportion


5. High School Diploma
Generalizability of study
results;Margin of Error;
Sampling methods

6. Lead Paint
CI for diff btw two means;
Constructing and interpreting
graphical displays

58. A 1-yr ASA membership for all

59. 2006

60. 2006 – Our Last Year in Nebraska
The First Statistical Papers Night
Chief Reader: Brad Hartlaub
Exam Leaders: Ken Koehler, Jessica Utts
Question Leaders: Ken Constantine, Jackie Dietz,
Chris Franklin, Bob Keefer, Madhuri Mulekar,
Diann Resnick, Daren Starnes, Ann Watkins,
Calvin Williams, Linda Young
# of Readers: 347
# of Exams: 89,400
# of Table Leaders: 52
Shirt Color: Putty
Professional Night Speaker: Roxy Peck

61. The 2006 Free-Response Questions

1. Comparing Catapults
Parallel dotplots; comparing
shape, center, spread;
interpreting center, variability

2. Suds
Computer output; equation of
LSRL; interpreting s and SE
b


3. Deep Beneath the Earth
Calculations: Normal,
probability, sampling
distribution of the sample
mean

4. Ambulance or Drive Yourself
Two sample t CI; connecting CI to
significance test


5. Tiger Shrimps
Two-factor experiment: treatments;
Completely Randomized Design;
Reducing variability;
Generalizability

6. Thermostats
Significance test about σ
2
; stating
hypotheses; calculating T.S. and P-
value;
drawing conclusions; simulated sampling
distributions

62. Expo Hall Can’t Hold Us ALL !!!
(The rooms have shrunk.)

63. Roxy Returns as Guest Speaker
Did You See The Monkey?????

64. All Nine Years in Nebraska

65. All 10 years at the Reading

66. Statistical Papers Night

67. Statistical Papers Night

68. Statistical Papers Night

69. Statistical Papers Night

70. Statistical Papers Night

71. Statistical Papers Night

72. Statistical Papers Night

73. Statistical Papers Night

74. Statistical Papers Night

75. Statistical Papers Night

76. Fond Memories after Eleven Years of
New Knowledge and New Friends!

86. 2007

87. On to Louisville, KY!

88. 2007- Kentucky

89. 2007 – Our First Year in Hotels!
Chief Reader: Brad Hartlaub
Chief Reader Designate: Chris Franklin
Assistant Chief Reader: Diann Resnick
Exam Leaders: Ken Koehler, Roxy Peck
Question Leaders: Jackie Dietz, Bob Keefer, Madhuri Mulekar,
Daren Starnes, Chris Olsen, Allan Rossman,
Josh Tabor, Bob Taylor, Ann Watkins, Calvin Williams
Number of Readers: 441
Number of Exams: 98,033
Number of Table Leaders: 57
Shirt Color: Powder Blue
Professional Night Speaker: Richard Scheaffer

90. The Adjustment was Difficult.
THINGS WE REALLY MISSED:

91. The 2007 Free-Response Questions
1. Preserving Strawberries
Interpreting standard
deviation;
comparative dotplots; two-
sample t-interval

2. Aging Dogs
Purpose of control group;
describe random assignment;
blocking

3. Big Town Fisheries
Sampling Distribution of
Sample Mean; Normal
Probability Calculations; CLT

4. E. Coli in beef
Paired t procedures; two-tailed
test or Confidence Interval

5. Distracted Driving
Experiment vs Observation
Study; Stating Hypotheses;
Verifying conditions;
interpreting P-value

6. Judging Distances
Interpreting slope; implication
of y - intercept in model;
significance test of H
o
: β = 0;
interpreting the effect of
adding an indicator variable to
a linear model

92. Establishing New Memories
Was Louisville trying to
win us over????
Most people did like
being downtown.
Sharing rooms was not
as bad as sharing
bathrooms down the
hall.
The local restaurants
did a banner business!
 We all know why!!!!!

93. Different Methods of Getting Around

96. It feels good to be finished!!!

97. 2008

98. The 2008 Free Response Questions
1. Cereal Question
Compare two
distributions (boxplots).
2. School Board
Question
Experimental Design
(nonresponse bias)
3. Josephine & Crystal
Determining probabilities
and expected values.
4. Water Temperature
Create and interpret
scatterplot.
5. The Moose Question
Chi-Square Test
6. Magnet School
Question
Matched-pairs test; linear
regression model;
interpret slope in context.

99. 2008 – Louisville II
Chief Reader: Chris Franklin
Assistant Chief Reader: Robert Taylor
Exam Leaders: Roxy Peck and Ann Watkins
Question Leaders: Jackie Dietz, Ken Koehler,
Madhuri Mulekar, Diann Resnick, Allan Rossman,
Robert Smidt, Calvin Williams, Chris Olsen, Daren
Starnes, and Josh Tabor
Number of Readers: 430
Number of Reading Rooms: 36
Number of Exams: 110,000
Number of Table Leaders: 72
Shirt Color: Red
Professional Night Speaker: Dan Teague

100. 2009

101. The 2009 Free Response Questions
1. Gender & Job Experience
Construct graphical display,
summarize relationship of 2
categorical variables; test if an
association exists; state
hypotheses
2. Stopping Distance
Calculate percentile; recognize
binomial scenario & calculate
probability; calculate mean of
five observations
3. Frog Anatomy Question
Describe randomization
process; describe
consequences of self-selection
instead of randomization
4. Fire Station Question
Identify & compute confidence
interval after checking
conditions; interpret interval in
context; make inferences
5. Heart Attack Question
Interpret p-value in context;
make conclusions about study;
indentify the type of error and
consequences in context
6. Fuel Efficiency Question
Define parameters & state
hypotheses; explain how a
statistic measures skewness;
use observed value of statistic
to make conclusion; create a
new statistic

102. 2009 – Farewell to the Louisville Holiday Inn
Chief Reader: Chris Franklin
Chief Reader Designate: Allan Rossman
Assistant Chief Reader: Bob Taylor
Exam Leaders: 3
Question Leaders: 12
Number of Readers: 464
Number of Reading Rooms: 26 operational,
alternate, overseas, and college comparibility rooms
Number of Exams: 120,000 (116,876 operational)
Number of Table Leaders: 55
Shirt Color: Gray with black lettering
Professional Night Speaker: Dr. Tom Moore

103. Louisville – The Possibility City

104. Give Me Shelter

105. 2009 Professional Night – Chris and Tom

106. Former AP Students – Now AP Readers

107. Thirteen-Year Club Members

108. The Chief Readers Relax with Jeff in 2009

109. Whew…We Are Finished!
Time to Celebrate!

110. 2010

111. The 2010 Free Response Questions
1. The Birds
Identify experimental design
elements; create graphical
display of data; determine
reasonableness of linearity.
2. Song Lengths
Describe characteristics of a
sampling distribution; calculate
probability
3. Dog Question
Interpret confidence level in
context; determine sampel
size; use confidence interval to
test hypothesis
4. Car Question
Expected value & standard
deviation of a binomial
distribution; experimental
design components
5. Fish Question
Hypothesis testing (sample
means)
6. Hurricane Question
Creating a graphical display;
discussing difference &
similarities; calculating an
average rate; calculating a test
statistic

112. The Dog Question

113. 2010 – Farewell to the Louisville Holiday Inn
Chief Reader: Allan Rossman
Assistant Chief Reader: Beth Chance
Exam Leaders: Roxy Peck & Ann Watkins
Question Leaders: Bob Smidt, Daren Starnes,
Jessica Utts, Ken Koehler, Josh Tabor, Bob Taylor
Number of Readers: 570
Number of Exams: 130,495
Number of Table Leaders: 63
Shirt Color: Hawaiian print
Professional Night Speaker: Dr. Ron Wasserstein

114. We Received A Warm Welcome To Daytona Beach

115. Home Sweet Home!

116. Readers Unwind After a Busy Day

117. Readers Enjoy A Night at Jackie Robinson Stadium

118. What a Feeling!

119. Card Games Provided Hours of Entertainment

120. Reading Rooms Take a Break for a Picture

121. Readers Worked Together on a Puzzle

122. 2011

123. 2011 – Farewell to Daytona Beach
Chief Reader: Allan Rossman
Assistant Chief Reader: Beth Chance
Exam Leaders: 2
Question Leaders: 10
Number of Readers: 541
Number of Exams: 142,910
Number of Table Leaders: 66
Shirt Color: Beige Hawaiian Print
Professional Night Speaker: Dr. David Salsburg

124. The 2011 Free Response Questions
1. Speed & Strength
Relate summary statistics to the
shape of a distribution; calculate
& interpret z-score; make a
decision.
2. Segmented Bar Graph
Determine a conditional
probability from a table;
determine whether two events
are independent; construct a
graph that displays
independence between two
variables.
3. The Apartment Question
Understand & describe a
process for implementing cluster
sampling; describe a statistical
advantage of stratified sampling
over cluster sampling.
4. The Cholesterol Question
Set up, perform, & interpret the
results of a hypothesis test.
5. The Windmill Question
Determine the line-of-best-fit
from computer output;
compare expected values of
the response variable;
determine r
2
, determine
whether a linear relationship is
statistically significant.
6. Supreme Court Question
Construct & interpret a
confidence interval for
population proportion; create a
tree diagram & use to calculate
a probability; create a
confidence interval for an
atypical parameter.

125. Take Me Out to the Ballgame!

126. Banana Split Participants Concentrate

127. Saturday Nights in Daytona

129. 2012

130. 2012 – Welcome to Kansas City!
Chief Reader: Allan Rossman
Assistant Chief Reader: Beth Chance
Exam Leaders: 2
Question Leaders: 10
Number of Readers: 614
Number of Exams: 152,720
Number of Table Leaders: 68
Shirt Color: Royal Blue
Professional Night Speaker: Sharon Bertsch
McGrayne
Number of Fountains in Kansas City: 208

131. The 2012 Free Response Questions
1. Sewing Machine Question
Describe a non-linear association
based on a scatterplot; describe
how unusual observations may
affect the appropriateness of
using a linear model; implement
a decision making criterion on
data presented in a scatterplot.
2. The Spinner Question
Perform calculations and compute
expected values related to discrete
probabilities; implement normal
approximation based on the CLT
3. Histogram of Household Size
Compare two distributions
presented with histograms;
comment on the appropriateness of
using a 2-sample t-procedure in a
given setting.
4. The Survey Question
Set up, perform, & interpret the
results of a hypothesis test.
5. The Fitness Question
Describe a Type II Error and its
consequences; draw an
appropriate conclusion from a p-
value; describe a flaw in study and
its effect on inference.
6. Peter and Rania Question
Implement simple random
sampling; calculate estimated
standard deviation for a sample
mean; use properties of variances
to determine estimated standard
deviation for an estimator; explain
why stratification reduces standard
error in a particular study.

135. Penny wins big at Casino Night!

136. 2012 Fun Run/Walk

137. 2013

138. 2013 – The Million Question Challenge!
Chief Reader: Allan Rossman
Assistant Chief Reader: Beth Chance
Exam Leaders: 2
Question Leaders: 14
Number of Readers: 635
Number of Exams: 171,097
Number of Table Leaders: 71
Shirt Color: Burgundy
Professional Night Speaker: Jessica Utts

139. The 2013 Free Response Questions
1. The Crow Question
Use a stemplot to answer a
question about a distribution;
compute a confidence interval
after checking assumptions;
interpret the interval in context.
2. The University Survey
Recognize and explain why a
sampling method may be biased;
describe a method for selecting a
simple random sample using a
computer random number
generator; demonstrate an
understanding of stratification.
3. The Egg Question
Calculate a probability from a
normal distribution; apply
properties of means and variances
of functions of random variables.
4. Fruits & Veggies Question
State appropriate hypotheses;
identify appropriate test
procedures and check conditions
for inference; calculate test
statistic and p-value; draw an
appropriate conclusion with
justification in context.
5. The Meditation Question
Recognize the limited conclusions
that can be drawn from an
observational study; determine
whether conditions for inference
are satisfied; draw inferential
conclusions from a simulation.
6. The Typhoon Question
Summarize information in a time
plot; perform calculations related
to a statistic not previously
studied; compare and contrast
information conveyed by summary
statistics.

140. AP Statistics Reading District

141. The Best Fleece Blanket – Ever!

142. 2014

143. Allan Passes Gavel to Jessica in 2014
Chief Reader: Allan Rossman
Assistant Chief Reader: Beth Chance
Chief Reader Designate: Jessica Utts
Exam Leaders: 2
Question Leaders: 12
Number of Readers: 725
Number of Exams: 184,766
Number of Table Leaders: 80
Shirt Colors: Purple and Navy
Professional Night Speaker: Chris Franklin

144. The 2014 Free Response Questions
1.Residential Status
Calculate conditional proportions
from a two-way table; comment on the
association between two categorical
variables; draw an appropriate
conclusion from a chi-square test’s
p-value.
2.The Convention Question
Calculate a probability; assess whether
a claim about randomness is
questionable; judge whether a
description of a simulation method
achieves a correct simulation of a
random process.
.
3. School Attendance Question
Perform a probability calculation from a
normal distribution; explain an
implication of examining the
distribution of a sample mean;
perform a probability calculation
involving independent events..
4.Class of 1988 Survey
Describe why the median may be
preferred to the mean; compare the
merits of two sampling plans; describe
the consequences of nonresponse.
5.Car (paired t-test) Question
Identify, set up, perform, & interpret
results of a hypothesis test. State
hypotheses; identify appropriate test &
check conditions; calculate test statistic
& p-value; draw conclusion in context.
6.Car (Residual Plots)
Question
Calculate and interpret a residual
value;
answer questions about residual plots;
compare associations between
scatterplots; identify an appropriate
explanatory variable to include in a
regression model.

145. 2014 Fun Run/Walk
Many thanks to James Bush & Erica Chauvet for their
tireless efforts in organizing this popular event each year.

146. 2014 Fun Run/Walk

147. Dine Out Night

148. Keep Calm and Do Statistics!

149. 2015

150. 2015 - Jessica Utts’ Inaugural Year
Chief Reader: Jessica Utts
Assistant Chief Reader: Ann Cannon
Exam Leaders: 2
Question Leaders: 12
Number of Readers: 830
Number of Exams: 197,000
Number of Table Leaders: 90
Shirt Color: Forest Green
Professional Night Speaker: Dick De Veaux

151. …It made a difference to that one.
A young man is walking along the ocean and sees a beach on
which thousands and thousands of starfish have washed ashore.
Further along he sees an old man, walking slowly and stooping
often, picking up one starfish after another and tossing each one
gently into the ocean.
“Why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?” he asks.
“Because the sun is up and the tide is going out and if I don’t
throw them further in they will die.”
“But, old man, don’t you realize there are miles and miles of
beach and starfish all along it! You can’t possibly save them all, you
can’t even save one-tenth of them. In fact, even if you work all day,
your efforts won’t make any difference at all.”
The old man listened calmly and then bent down to pick up
another starfish and threw it into the sea. “It made a difference to
that one.”

152. The 2015 Free Response Questions
1.The Accountant Question
compare features of 2 distributions of
data displayed in boxplots; and identify
statistical measures that are important
in making decisions based on data sets
2.The Restaurant Question
use confidence intervals to test a
question about a proportion; and
understand the relationship between
sample size and margin of error in a
confidence interval for a proportion.
.
3.The ATM Question
perform a probability calculation from
a discrete random variable; calculate
the expected value of; perform a
conditional probability calculation
from a discrete random variable; and
make a prediction about how an
Expected value will change
4.Low-Dose Aspirin Question
state appropriate hypotheses; identify
the appropriate statistical test & check
appropriate conditions; calculate the
appropriate test statistic & p-value; draw
an appropriate conclusion, with
justification, in context .
5.Arm Span/Height Question
Use a scatterplot to describe the
relationship between 2 quantitative
variables; interpret & use the
information given by a scatterplot; &
use a regression equation to estimate a
predicted value of y for a given x value.
6.The Tortilla Question
describe how sample data would differ
using 2 different sampling methods;
describe a sampling distribution for two
different sampling methods; and
choose the sampling method that
will result in the best estimate of the
true mean.

153. 2015 Fun Run/Walk Highlights
322 participants
Peter Hoyem - male winner (11:15)
Kirstie Doher – female winner (13:25)
Gary Piligian – most accurate prediction
Christine Nelson – most accurate prediction
Cindy Leary (-1σ)
Stephen Laber (μ)
Brandon Hanson (+1σ)
Laura Bauer & Mary Harrison (+2σ)

154. 2015 Fun Run/Walk Highlights

155. 2015 Fun Run/Walk Participants

156. 2016

157. 2016 – 20
th
Anniversary for AP Stats
Chief Reader: Jessica Utts
Assistant Chief Reader: Ann Cannon
Exam Leaders: 2
Question Leaders: 10
Number of Readers: 850
Number of Exams: 208,000
Number of Table Leaders: 92
Shirt Color: White
Professional Night Speakers: Panel Discussion with
Chris Franklin, Roxy Peck, & Allan Rossman (former Chief
Readers) and Jeff Habestroh and Luis Saldiva (ETS Content
Specialists)

158. The 2016 Free Response Questions

1. Robin’s Tips Question
Describe a distribution based on a
histogram; determine the effect of
changing one data value on the mean
and median.
2.The Snack Ad Question
Conduct a chi-square test of homogeneity;
assess the effectiveness of
treatments in a controlled experiment.
3. Smoking/Alzheimer’s Question
Identify explanatory and response
variables; indicate/justify whether a
study is observational or
experimental; explain what
confounding means (in context).
4.Rocket Launcher Question
Calculate a probability based on probability
rules; understand the characteristics of
independent events; assess claims
about a calculated probability.
5.The Poll Question
Construct/interpret a confidence interval;
explain why a condition for inference is
necessary; explain why a suggested
procedure for confidence intervals is
incorrect.
6.Semesters in Program
Use a scatterplot to comment on the
relationship between two variables;
describe a relationship when a
categorical variable is introduced;
describe how the association for each
category differs from the overall
association.

159. 2016 Fun Run/Walk Highlights
196 participants 30 volunteers
Male winner - Eric Van Laningham (4:32 mile)
Female winner - Kirstie Doehler (6:00 mile)
Male most accurate prediction – Brandon Hanson
Female most accurate prediction – Dana Phelps
20
th
Percentile – Adam Fuhr
40
th
Percentile – Ed Miller
60
th
Percentile – Sharon Sterken
80
th
Percentile – Nellie Gopaul

160. 2016 Fun Run - Course is modified
for Extreme Heat Conditions

161. AP Stats Lounge – Let the Good Times Roll!

162. 20
th
Anniversary for AP Statistics
5
th
Anniversary for Kansas City
Twelve of the 57 original Faculty Consultants from 1997 are still
grading...shown holding the famous "towel".

163. Dine Out Night at Kaufmann Stadium
Susan Goss

164. 2016 Acorn Skit Cast
May the Fours Be With You!
Devin DeVizia and
the AP Stats
Geocachers

165. Kansas City Highlights – 2016 Edition