Statistics
Instructor: Chris Olsen
Chris taught statistics at George Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, IA, for over 25 years, and AP Statistics from its inception until
2005, when he passed the baton. After spending three years working as the Math Assessment Facilitator in the Research Dept in Cedar Rapids, he has returned to
teaching and is now a lecturer at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, IA, teaching elementary statistics classes. He graduated from Iowa State University majoring in mathematics
and philosophy, and in his graduate work concentrated on statistics, computer programming, psychometrics and test development.
He has been involved nationally in workshops and conferences mostly relating to statistics for over 30 years. He has reviewed materials for The Mathematics teacher, the
AP Central web site, The American Statistician, and the Journal of the American Statistical Association, and currently writes a column for STATS magazine. He is a co-author,
with Roxy Peck and Jay Devore, of the Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis (POD). He authored or edited the Teacher's Guide for Advanced Placement Statistics
three Special Topics sections in AP Statistics summer workshop materials.
He is a past member (twice) of the AP Statistics Test Development Committee, and has served as a table leader and question leader for the AP Statistics exam for
11 years. Current projects involve working on the 4th edition of POD, writing a book on using JMP software in teaching statistics, and serving on the editorial board of
Teaching Statistics. You can email Chris at colsen@mchsi.com
