----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "AP Statistics" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 12:58 PM Subject: [ap-stat] Textbook for "regular" statistics vs. AP Statistics > I have taught a "regular" statistics class at my high school for the > last 3 years using Elementary Statistics by Mario Triola. (This was > the book I inherited.) This is textbook adoption year for Georgia and > I have the priviledge of picking out Statistics books for both the > "regular" stat class as well as a new AP class that will be offered > for the first time next year. (I will be teaching both classes). My > first question is, should I go with 2 different textbooks or the same > textbook? > > My second question is much the same as many others posted on this > site, which book? I am seriously considering the Yates, Moore and > McCabe "The Practice of Statistics" for the AP class. I am > considering either Moore's "Basic Practice of Statistice" or the > "Elementary Statistics" book published by McGraw Hill for the regular > statistics class. > > Any comments would be greatly appreciated. > Carole Black > > --- ===== Joe Ward Comments ========== Hi, Carole -- Your opportunity of having an AP-Statistics class and a "regular" Statistics class can allow you the freedom of using the "regular" class to give students the capability to use the combined power of Regression/Linear Models and Computers to investigate some interesting and practical research questions. You might recruit some of your science students to give them useful techniques to support their research projects. You can give your students the power to create models to answer their research questions. It is certainly reasonable that you must give your AP-Statistics students the objectives that tend to match the corresponding college course. For the "regular" Statistics course you can make the course both interesting and practical without the constraints of AP-Statistics. There probably are many AP teachers who can accomplish the AP-Statistics objectives AND have extra time to give their students some more powerful capabilities. Try to make your "regular" statistics course available for ALL students. Frequently, the "regular" course is designed for the less talented. You CAN make the regular course the more popular since your students might be able to do some powerful research. Students who are involved with Science Fairs, Jr. Academy of Science and the ASA Project/Poster competitions should be your target population for the "regular" course. Be sure to have access to books that contain ideas of how to use Regression/Linear models to create models to answer the students research questions of interest. -- Joe **************************************************************************** **** Joe Ward____________________________ Health Careers High School 167 East Arrowhead Dr _________________ 4646 Hamilton Wolfe San Antonio, TX 78228-2402 ____________ San Antonio, TX 78229 Phone: 210-433-6575__________________ Phone: 210-617-5400 Fax: 210-433-2828____________________ Fax: 210-617-5423 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ijoa.org/joeward/wardindex.html *************************************************************************** ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ =================================================================
