This course will provide students with an in-depth and rigorous study of statistics with the goals of improving students' statistical fluency and interpretation of statistical data and ideas. The course will follow a curriculum approved by the Advanced Placement Committee of the College Board. Topics included as part of this curriculum will be distribution analysis, probability & simulations, sampling methods and making inferences based on data. AP Statistics Exam problems will be used to supplement course topics. Students taking this course will be asked, and strongly encouraged, to take the AP Statistics Exam in May as an important part of their AP experience.