Study your old tests, homework and notes from class. In addition know the following basic concepts.
1. Know how to make
and interpret line plots, circle graphs, stem and leaf plots,
histograms, 50
% box plots, scatter plots.
2. Know what the
shapes of stem and leaf plots mean--mound, J, U, rectangular.
3. Know how to
find and use mean median and mode
4. Know how to
find and use range, quartiles, interquartile range, inner fences, and outliers.
5. Understand the meaning
of positive, negative, or no correlation ( and that correlation does not
mean cause and effect)
6. Know how to
find the line of best fit from points on a scatter plot.
7. Know how to
predict, using the line of best fit.
8. Know how to
smooth a sawtooth graph to find general trends.
9. Know how to
use coins, spinners, dice, and random number tables to do simulations.
10. Be able to
do one stage simulations to find probabilities, expectations, and mean
number of occurances.
11. Be able to
do multistage simulations to find probabilities, expectations, and mean
number of occurances.
12. Be able to
use simulations to do open ended problems.
13. Be able to
write down the sample space for a probability problem and/or find how many
elements in it.
14. Be able to
use the sample space to find a probability.
15. Know how to
find probabilities from information given to you in charts, circle graphs
or lists.
16. Know how to
find expectations from probabilities.
17. Know how to
find the odds for, or the odds against, an event happening.
18. Be able to
find the probability of a compound event.
19. Know how to
make and use trees in probability problems.
20. Understand
how to draw Venn Diagrams to solve probability problems.
21. Know how to
use the multiplicative property and the additive property and how to test
for independence and whether two events are mutually exclusive.
22. Know how to
do conditional probability problems.
23. Know how to
use the binomial theorem in solving probability problems
24. Know how to
set up and use a sampling distribution by listing all possible outcomes,
finding the sample proportion, the frequency and the proportion of all
trials.
25. Be able to
use the above sampling distribution to construct at box plot of any size--eg.
90 % box plot or 95 % box plot, or 75 % box plot.
26. Be able to
determine, from your own box plot or one of your box plots sheets, whether
an outcome (either sample proportion or actual number) is likely or unlikely.
27. Be able to
use the charts of box plots to find probable population percentages, ie.
the confidence intervals.
28. Understand
the meaning of confidence intervals and use the meaning to answer questions
about a population or a sample.
29. Understand how sample
size affects the size of box plots and confidence intervals.
30. Be able to
use the formula to find a 95 % confidence interval and know when it’s legal
to use the formula.
31. Understand
what a random, representative sample is and how to obtain one.
32. Be able to
spot sources of bias in a sampling technique.
33. Be able to
apply confidence intervals to Capture/Recapture problems.
34. Understand the connection
between binomial distributions and normal distributions and when the normal
distribution can be legally used to approximate the binomial distribution.
35. Know how to
find the mean and standard deviation from a list of numbers.
36. Know how to
find the mean and standard deviation from a formula which pertains to binomial
and normal distributions.
37. Know how to
use whole standard deviations from the mean to find percentages, areas,
or other quantities.
38. Know how to
find Z scores and interpret them.
39. Know how to
find a probability from a table.
40. Know the difference
between discrete and continuous and what difference that makes in using
the table.
41. Understand
the difference between a one-tailed and a two-tailed test in hypothesis
testing.
42. Understand
what the significance level alpha means and how to use it.
43. Understand when and
how to adjust the standard deviation for problems dealing with the means
of samples.
44. Understand
and be able to use a Punnet Square