Course Update: The materials below are from our classic curriculum, which is aligned to the prior course standards. To find the updated version of our AP® Statistics curriculum, aligned to the current course standards, click here.

Lesson 7.1 - Intro to Confidence Intervals

Relevant Context

  • Political Polling

  • Polling Errors

Stats Content (CED Topics 6.1-6.3)

  • Point Estimates & Margins of Error

  • Interpreting a Confidence Interval

  • Interpreting a Confidence Level

Note: This lesson follows the inference trifecta approach, rather than our standard lesson format. Watch the brief Teacher Guide video for instructions on using the materials in class.

Teacher Guide

A brief video walkthrough of the lesson materials, to help teachers plan.

Student Items

Handout: pdf, docx

Desmos/Amplify: link

Teacher Items

Handout Key: pdf, docx

CED/Textbook Alignment: page

Lesson Feedback: link

(Lesson updated in Summer 2022. See archived version of lesson here.)