Data Projects & Advanced Topics
For AP Statistics …
Sports Statistics
Five projects on modern sports statistics, including advanced metrics.
Authors: Josh Tabor, Christine Franklin, & Danny Hill
Machine Learning
Students build a simple machine learning model to make predictions with data and discuss data ethics.
Author: Max Cembalest
Economic Freedom & Development
Students use global Heritage Foundation data to explore the relationship between economic freedom and development.
Author: Jade Flores-Henderson
Simpson’s Paradox
Students investigate Simpson’s Paradox in judicial, educational, medical, athletic, and political contexts.
Author: Matt DiSorbo
Exit Polling
Students get hands-on sampling experience by conducting their own exit polls in a local election. Then, they analyze the results.
Author: Brian Broderick
Flint Water Crisis
A deep-dive into the history of the Flint Water Crisis, through analysis of multiple datasets and inference procedures.
Author: Scott Fallstrom
Election Fraud
Students investigate statistical claims of election fraud, then review experimental studies on combatting misinformation.
Author: Elisa Oliver
Hurricane Maria
Case study: How Rafael Irizarry and collaborators used sampling and inference to seek truth in Maria’s aftermath.
Author: Emily Dougherty-Samowitz