The purpose of the AP course in statistics is to introduce students to the major concepts and tools for collecting, analyzing and drawing conclusions from data. Students are exposed to four broad conceptual themes – exploring data; sampling and experimentation; anticipating patterns and statistical inference. In this course, students will describe patterns and departures from patterns; plan and conduct a study or experiment; use statistical tools to calculate probabilities of random phenomena and use that data to estimate population parameters. The course also focuses on preparing students for the AP examination.