Important Updates
Secure Exam for Classroom Use
A secure 2017 AP Statistics Exam is available on the AP Course Audit website. To access, sign in to your AP Course Audit account, and click on the Secure Documents link in the Resources section of your Course Status page.
Previously Secure Exam Publicly Available
A 2012 AP Statistics Exam—previously available only through your AP Course Audit account—is available below. This means you can now use the questions from this older exam without restriction.
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- Thu, May 17, 2018
AP Statistics Exam Day 2018
Exam Overview
Exam questions are based on the topics and skills addressed in the AP Statistics course. Formulas and tables needed to complete exam questions are provided to students taking the exam. Students are allowed to use a graphing calculator with statistical capabilities on the entire exam.
The portion of the exam covering each course topic area is:
- Exploring Data: Describing patterns and departures from patterns (20% to 30%)
- Sampling and Experimentation: Planning and conducting a study (10% to 15%)
- Anticipating Patterns: Exploring random phenomena using probability and simulation (20% to 30%)
- Statistical Inference: Estimating population parameters and testing hypotheses (30% to 40%)
Encourage your students to visit the AP Statistics student page for exam information and exam practice.
AP Calculator Policy
A four function, scientific, or graphing calculator is allowed on both sections of the exam.
Exam Format
Section I
Multiple Choice — 40 Questions | 1 Hour, 30 Minutes | 50% of Exam Score
- Individual Questions
Section II
Free Response — 6 Questions | 1 Hour, 30 Minutes | 50% of Exam Score
- 5 Short-Answer Questions
- 1 Investigative Task
Exam Questions and Scoring Information
For free-response questions from prior exams, along with scoring information, check out the tables below.
Be sure to review the Chief Reader Report. In this invaluable resource, the Chief Reader of the AP Exam compiles feedback from members of the reading leadership to describe how students performed on the FRQs, summarize typical student errors, and address specific concepts and content with which students have struggled the most that year.
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Exam Resources
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AP Statistics Course Description—2010
This is the core document for this course. It clearly lays out the course content and describes the exam and the AP program in general.
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AP Statistics Exam from 2012
Previously available only through your AP Course Audit account. Since this exam is now publicly available, you can use the questions without restriction.
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The 1997 Released Exam
A resource you might use with your students throughout the year.