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View coverage AP Statistics · EXAM GUIDEReviewed 2026-10-26
May 2027 exam; 2026–27 course framework
AP Statistics: Exam Guide, Format & Official Sources
Understand the updated exam, arrange registration with a school coordinator, and connect the statistical framework to this foundation pilot.
A fully digital exam
For May 2027, both multiple-choice and free-response work are submitted in Bluebook. Practise writing interpretations as well as making calculations.
- Section I: 42 multiple-choice questions, 90 minutes.
- Section II: 4 free-response questions, 90 minutes.
- Each section contributes half the exam score.
Practice and official assessment are different
These short exercises teach foundational decisions and calculations. They do not replace the official multi-focus free responses or their scoring guidelines.
- Explain the parameter and context.
- Check the conditions of an inference procedure.
- Use a result to justify a claim, rather than reporting a calculator output alone.
The syllabus and your next lesson.
Exploring and collecting data
- Ask statistical questions
- Describe center and position
- Spread and normal models
- Choose a defensible sample
- Design an experiment
- Read a distribution, not just its average
- Repair the data-collection design
Probability and distributions
- Condition on the right group
- Model repeated chance outcomes
- Separate data from statistics
- Compare conditional distributions
- Build and audit a simulation
- Check a binomial model before calculating
- Move between percentiles and measurements
Inference for proportions
- Build and interpret intervals
- Reason from a null model
- Audit the assumptions behind an interval or test
- Write a defensible population claim
- Compare populations with the right uncertainty
- Test a categorical association as an investigation
Inference for means
- Compare groups carefully
- Choose a t procedure from the study design
Regression analysis
- Read a fitted relationship
- Decide what a fitted line can support
Linked lessons cover selected foundations. Use the official syllabus to plan any topics beyond this pilot.
Dates and scheduling
Regular exam
Tuesday, May 11, 2027 · Session 2. Confirm reporting time with your coordinator.
Registration
Your school sets the student deadline; contact the AP coordinator early.
Fees and regional differences
Published base fee
US, US territories, Canada and DoWEA schools: USD 99; other locations: USD 129.
Local total
Authorized testing-center fees and school administration charges may differ. Pay through the school, not this site.
Possible adjustments
Fee reductions, late-order charges and cancellation rules depend on eligibility and timing; confirm the current total with the coordinator.
Book with the exam provider.
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Find your testing school
Ask the AP coordinator whether a seat and an exam-only section are available if you are not taking the course there.
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Join the section in My AP
Use your College Board account and the join code supplied by your teacher or coordinator.
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Confirm the exam order and payment
Check registration status, student deadlines and the amount due directly with the school.
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Prepare for digital responses
Use the official Bluebook preview and statistical-notation guidance before exam day.
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Official resources.
Current syllabus facts and topic mapping; no source question reproduced
Format, date and official resources
Version-specific changes; avoid legacy removed topics
Published base fees and school-specific caveat
Registration workflow
Additional learning-resource link only; textbook text and figures are not reproduced
Foundation pilot, not complete AP syllabus coverage or an official exam simulation.
400 variants across 96 families; not independently calibrated item designs.
Practice includes numeric responses as learning exercises; official free responses require statistical reasoning and contextual justification.
No calibrated AP score prediction; independent educator review pending.
Broader inference procedures, authentic multi-focus free responses and full shared-stimulus exam sets need further development.
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A clear route through the material
Use this guide to understand the stated exam scope and find the exam provider’s current information. Check the official source before relying on changing registration, format or eligibility details.
Continue your preparation
Scope: 2026–27 statistics practice: expanded partial coverage