Examples with paired “Try “Problems – At the heart of the TPS approach are the 175 worked examples, which are mapped to parallel exercises in the Section Exercises, to offer students both practice and support.  A backward/forwards navigation system ensures that students who start by trying to work exercises and only then go back to read the text content will land at the right spot and will get the guided help they need.  Each Example presents a detailed response in a “student font” to model a complete and well written solution.

Over 1600 Problems for Practice – Each of the 12 chapters is organized into 2-3 sections with 4-7 Learning  Targets in each.  Integrated throughout the text are Check Your Understanding exercises that offer “on the spot” practice for concepts and skills just learned. Each Section ends with comprehensive Section Exercises, including short answer, Multiple Choice, and  “review and recycle” problems, that ensures that key ideas learned earlier in the presentation are revisited as appropriate.  Every Chapter concludes with a through Chapter Review and summary, including a review table that identifies related examples and exercises for each Learning Target, a focused set of Chapter Review Exercises, and a Chapter AP® Statistics Practice Test with M/C and FRQ questions. 

Additional help is offered through the 350 worked Example and Exercise Videos, identified by the play button, that feature an experienced AP® Statistics walking step-by-step through each one to offer additional help and support when students need it most.  The can be accessed by clicking on the link  in the student e-Book or viewed at the open access Student Site.

Integrated AP® Support – Our authors know from experience that success on the AP® Exam comes from practicing every day- not just during a last minute review session.   In addition to strict adherence to the language, nomenclature, formulas and style of the new 2019-2020 AP® Exam,  many special features are incorporated:

• AP® Exam Tips appear throughout the text to provide  in situ hints and guidance on how to study and prepare for the exam and avoid common mistakes.
• Each Section ends with a comprehensive Section exercise set, including “review and recycle” problems that ensures that key ideas learned earlier in the presentation are revisited as appropriate.  Every Chapter concludes with a through Chapter Review and summary, including a review table that identifies related examples and exercises for each Learning Target, a focused set of Chapter Review Exercises, and a Chapter AP® Statistics Practice Test.
• In addition, each chapter features a FRAPPY (Free Response AP® Problem, Yay!) activity that prepares students to answer the challenging FRQs, that comprise 50% of the score on the AP Exam.
• Four Cumulative AP® Practice Tests are interspersed at logical breaks in the text and build in level of complexity culminating in a complete model exam to help prepare students for success on the 2019-2020 AP® Statistics Exam.

Technology Corners – provide detailed instructions, with screen captures, for creating graphs and performing the most important statistical analyses on the TI-84 graphing calculator.   TI-Nspire and  TI-89 instructions are available on the Student Site and in the digital platform.   In addition, a comprehensive set of Applets, available free to users, supports simulation and hands-on learning and are referenced at appropriate points in the text.