Name: __________________________________ AP Biology Summer Assignment 2020-2021 Wall High School Part I: Introduction to Statistical Tests In AP biology we frequently use the website bozemanscience.com to watch video lectures and tutorials on important concepts throughout the school year. Paul Anderson, an AP biology teacher in Bozeman, Montana, created the website to assist his own students in preparing for the AP exam, and it quickly became a popular resource for all AP biology students and teachers across the country. Over the summer, you are going to use this resource to learn a little bit about the statistical tests that we will be using on our experimental data generated in the labs that we perform throughout the coming school year. Some of these important tests include standard deviation, standard error, and the chi-squared test. These statistical tests are important because they allow us to determine the quality and reliability of the data that we generate in our lab investigations. For each statistical test, you will watch a video tutorial, answer a few questions, and complete a few practice problems. You must print out this assignment and hand write your responses - a hard copy must be turned in on the first day of school (if we are virtual you will need to scan your work and email it to me). This part of the summer assignment will count as ½ of a MINOR ASSESSMENT GRADE and must be turned in on the first day of school: Tuesday, September 8 th . Late assignments will not be accepted; you will receive a zero if it is not turned in on time. The other ½ of the MINOR ASSESSMENT GRADE for this assignment will come from an in-class quiz on these statistical tests on Thursday September 10th. Part II: Statistics and Graphing in Google Sheets For most of our labs, we will be using Google Sheets to perform the statistical tests you will learn about in Part I and to graph our data. The purpose of this part of the summer assignment is to familiarize you with this program so that you are comfortable using it before the school year begins. You will need to collect some authentic data and enter it into Google Sheets to complete this assignment. The instructions provided will walk you through it step-by-step and you will submit this assignment by sharing the final product with me via Google once you have finished. If you have trouble completing this assignment on your own there will be an extra help session during the first week of school. YOU MUST do this assignment individually; you cannot share data or spreadsheets with anyone else - if any students turn in identical Google Sheets with identical data (or a copy of someone else’s) they will receive a zero on this assignment. This part of the summer assignment will count as ONE MINOR ASSESSMENT GRADE and must be shared with me via Google by 7:20 AM Friday, September 11 th . There will be an extra help session on Thursday, September 10 th after school if you need help with this assignment. If the assignment is not shared on time you will receive a zero.
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Name: __________________________________
AP Biology Summer Assignment 2020-2021 Wall High School
Part I: Introduction to Statistical Tests
In AP biology we frequently use the website bozemanscience.com to watch video lectures and
tutorials on important concepts throughout the school year. Paul Anderson, an AP biology
teacher in Bozeman, Montana, created the website to assist his own students in preparing for
the AP exam, and it quickly became a popular resource for all AP biology students and teachers
across the country. Over the summer, you are going to use this resource to learn a little bit
about the statistical tests that we will be using on our experimental data generated in the labs
that we perform throughout the coming school year. Some of these important tests include
standard deviation, standard error, and the chi-squared test. These statistical tests are
important because they allow us to determine the quality and reliability of the data that we
generate in our lab investigations. For each statistical test, you will watch a video tutorial,
answer a few questions, and complete a few practice problems. You must print out this
assignment and hand write your responses - a hard copy must be turned in on the first day of
school (if we are virtual you will need to scan your work and email it to me). This part of the
summer assignment will count as ½ of a MINOR ASSESSMENT GRADE and must be turned in
on the first day of school: Tuesday, September 8th. Late assignments will not be accepted;
you will receive a zero if it is not turned in on time. The other ½ of the MINOR ASSESSMENT
GRADE for this assignment will come from an in-class quiz on these statistical tests on
Thursday September 10th.
Part II: Statistics and Graphing in Google Sheets
For most of our labs, we will be using Google Sheets to perform the statistical tests you will
learn about in Part I and to graph our data. The purpose of this part of the summer assignment
is to familiarize you with this program so that you are comfortable using it before the school
year begins. You will need to collect some authentic data and enter it into Google Sheets to
complete this assignment. The instructions provided will walk you through it step-by-step and
you will submit this assignment by sharing the final product with me via Google once you have
finished. If you have trouble completing this assignment on your own there will be an extra
help session during the first week of school. YOU MUST do this assignment individually; you
cannot share data or spreadsheets with anyone else - if any students turn in identical Google
Sheets with identical data (or a copy of someone else’s) they will receive a zero on this
assignment. This part of the summer assignment will count as ONE MINOR ASSESSMENT
GRADE and must be shared with me via Google by 7:20 AM Friday, September 11th. There
will be an extra help session on Thursday, September 10th after school if you need help with
this assignment. If the assignment is not shared on time you will receive a zero.
Name: ____________________________________
Part I: Introduction to Statistical Tests – DUE on the first day of school (Tues. Sept. 8th)
Directions: Go to the website http://www.bozemanscience.com/statistics-graphing and under
“Unit 1: Statistics”, click on the “Statistics for Science” link and watch the video. Answer the
following questions as you watch, all responses to questions in Part I should be hand-written in
this packet and a hard copy must be turned in:
1. What is “statistics”?
2. What is “big data”? Describe one example.
3. What is a population? Describe one example.
a. What do the symbols N and n represent?
b. Which do we use more often in science – the entire population or the sample?
Explain why.
c. What is the mean? What symbol is used to represent the mean?