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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have two children in AP Stat class now. Both are very technical kids who do not struggle in normal advanced Math.
I have Math degree with concentration in Statistics. In my opinion this is absolutely terrible class. This is not math course, it is social studies badly presented.
At least in our school AP book is terrible. You suppose to read through 20 pages of really crappy text, and get out of it what is useful is extremely difficult. (I would say almost impossible even for an adult!)
Book is loaded with useless terminology. Formulas are following from sky without much sense. Looking at Barrons, it is the same on exam.
No good technical school will give you credit for this AP class. Most colleges do not give credit at all. UMD CP gives credit for STAT100.
For my kids's program class was required, otherwise they would never take it.
It is waste of time. If you are interested in Statistics - take calculus based real statistics in college.
If you are interested in easy math course - avoid AP Stat at any expense.[/quote]

Thanks, this is about what I was expecting from looking at the exam.  Our HS counselor warned us it looks terrible as a final HS math course, because it doesn't involve enough math to maintain skills going into college.  I also didn't like the emphasis on terminology and things like types of graphs that appear to be an emphasis of the the test.  But, then a lot of MCPS math has a similar drive, so it should at least be familiar to students.  If anything getting credit for STAT100 sounds too generous.  It looks like a better course, since it's software based and might help someone math adverse at least put stats to work in their own field and there the instructor would have depth of knowledge beyond the course topics.  Oh well.[/quote]

What are you supposed to take as a final math course then, after Calc BC junior year?  [/quote]

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