Josh Tabor, Canyon del Oro High School
The AP Statistics course is designed to mimic a traditional college-level introductory statistics class. Students are expected to use z-tests for proportions, t-tests for means and slopes, and chi-square tests for distributions of categorical data. There are at least three good reasons to incorporate simulation-based inference methods in the AP course, however.[pullquote]Doing these simulations takes time up-front, but helping students understand the logic of inference through simulation saves time in the long-run.[/pullquote]
