[nabs-l] AP statistics

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good morning, The way I always did it was by dictating to a sighted 
person graphic positioning of the points (2 units left on the X-axis, 
1 unit up on the Y-axis then, hopefully, the sighted person could 
describe any results of the graphs. graduate-level) without ever 
using a graphing calculator. While
>sighted students might be expected to use a graphing calculator and
>the stats functions on yours might be accessible, even if they are
>not, you can definitely participate without using a graphing
>calculator. In fact, I think graphing is a very minor part of the
>course curriculum. That said, I don't know what the AP test looks
>like, and you might have to use a graphing calculator on the test.
>Sometimes the graphing requirements are altered for blind students, so
>you may want to find out what the regular test requires and then
>contact the college board to see if any inaccessible parts of the
>normal requirements are modified (I'm guessing your TVI may not be the
>best person to ask based on your other posts).
>
>If hand-graphing is required, I always just wrote out detailed
>descriptions of the graphs. Again, I don't think actually seeing the
>graph is important for understanding the underlying math and
>interpreting results. I just did it to appease the teacher's
>requirements on exams and such.
>You can do most of the required calculations either in Excel or with a
>web-based calculator at
>www.graphpad.com/quickcalcs/
>Your teacher may or may not know about GraphPad, but you might offer
>to use that instead of any inaccessible software that's required.
>Braille Note stats functions may also work, but it depends on whether
>you're expected to calculate basics like means and standard deviations
>by calculator or by hand. In college stats we had to do it by hand,
>using a standard calculator to compute square roots and other basic
>math. I used JAWS to read me the data and then used my Braille Note
>calculator for computations, and Excel will also work for that.
>
>Sorry I can't offer more help without knowing more details, but I'm
>happy to consult when you have more specific questions.
>
>Best,
>Arielle
>
>On 4/18/14, Lillie Pennington <lilliepennington at fuse.net> wrote:
> > Hi Everyone
> >
> >
> >
> > I will be taking AP statistics next year. I am going to contact the teacher
> > of the class next week, but I want to know what I am talking about before I
> > have a meeting. If anyone has  taken this class, answering these questions
> > would be very helpful. I am not sure how college stats classes work, but
> > I'd
> > think they would be similar.
> >
> >
> >
> > 1.        Are graphing calculators needed? I have the TI84 from APH  and
> > used it this year. Are the statistical functions accessible?
> >
> >
> >
> > 2.       Is excel used? Roughly what parts?
> >
> >
> >
> > 3.       What about the statistical functions part of the Braille note
> > calculator? Is this used? Again, what functions?
> >
> >
> >
> > 4.       Roughly are there any new Nemeth symbols introduced?
> >
> >
> >
> > 5.       Is there any reason I would have to hand-draw a graph at any point
> > if I have the calculator and excel available to me?
> >
> >
> >
> > 6.       Are there parts of the course, minus inaccessible software, that
> > are inaccessible?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
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