Statistics Draft
MathA high school course guide for families
See it for your school: its prerequisites, what it counts toward at your school, and whether it's in your plan.
Why this course?
Statistics teaches you to make sense of data: polls, studies, sports and medicine all use it. It's a strong fourth-year math for students headed to health, business or social science.
Colleges count Statistics as a fourth year of math.
What you'll learn
- Collect data and design a fair survey or experiment
- Summarize data with graphs and numbers
- Use probability to judge what's likely
- Tell when a result is real and when it's chance
You'll do: Projects with real data, calculator and software work, and tests.
- AP (Advanced Placement)
- AP Statistics covers a one-semester college statistics course. College-level work with a national AP exam in May. A high enough score can earn college credit or placement, depending on the college.
What comes next
Which courses come before and after it, and what it counts toward, depend on each school. Your plan shows your school's.
College majors that build on it
- Statistics
- Data science
- Psychology
Careers it informs most
People in these jobs use what this course teaches the most. It's a starting point, not a track.
- ActuariesActuaries use math in their work. O*NET rates it very important for the job.
- Financial Quantitative AnalystsFinancial Quantitative Analysts use math in their work. O*NET rates it very important for the job.
- EconomistsEconomists use math in their work. O*NET rates it very important for the job.
- MathematiciansMathematicians use math in their work. O*NET rates it very important for the job.
- Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksPayroll and Timekeeping Clerks use math in their work. O*NET rates it very important for the job.