AP Statistics Exam

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About the Exam

The AP Statistics Exam will test your understanding of the mathematical concepts covered in the course units, including your ability to use statistical methods and calculate the probability of an outcome. You’ll need to bring a graphing calculator with statistics capabilities to the exam.

This is a hybrid digital exam. You’ll complete multiple-choice questions and view free-response questions in the Bluebook testing app. You’ll handwrite your free-response answers in paper exam booklets.

Exam Duration
3hrs

Exam Date

Thu, May 8, 2025

8 AM Local

This is the regularly scheduled date for the AP Statistics Exam.

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Exam Components

Section 1: Multiple Choice

40 questions 1hr 30mins 50% of Score

Section 2: Free Response

6 questions 1hr 30mins 50% of Score

In the free-response section, you’ll respond to six questions, including one investigative task, with written answers. This section will test your skill in communicating explanations or justifications using evidence from data, definitions, or statistical inference.

Part A:

1 multipart question with a primary focus on collecting data
1 multipart question with a primary focus on exploring data
1 multipart question with a primary focus on probability and sampling distributions
1 question with a primary focus on inference
1 question that combines 2 or more skill categories

Part B:

1 investigative task that assesses multiple skill categories and content areas and asks you to apply your statistical skills to new contexts or in nonroutine ways

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Practice on Bluebook

Download the Bluebook app and log in with your College Board account information to access test previews for the available digital AP subjects.

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Free-Response Questions and Scoring Information

Go to AP Central to review free-response questions and scoring information from past AP Statistics exams.

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AP Statistics Course and Exam Description

This is the core document for the course. It clearly lays out the course content and describes the exam and the AP Program in general.

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Services for Students with Disabilities

Students with documented disabilities may be eligible for accommodations for the through-course assessment and the end-of-course exam. If you’re using assistive technology and need help accessing the PDFs in this section in another format, contact Services for Students with Disabilities at 212-713-8333 or by email at ssd@info.collegeboard.org. For information about taking AP Exams, or other College Board assessments, with accommodations, visit the Services for Students with Disabilities website.

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AP Statistics: Formula Sheet and Tables

For the AP Statistics Exam, you can only access this reference information in Bluebook; a printout is not permitted.

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