1 An NBA analyst was asked to compare player success on init

1. An NBA analyst was asked to compare player success on initial draft team versus subsequent teams due to trades and other contractual changes. The analyst examined average scoring, assists, and rebounds for rookie players during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 season. Match the phrase with the term that best describes each item. (Type/Insert the corresponding letter) Population: Statistic: Parameter: Sample: Variable: Data: a. All rookie players in the NBA during 2012-13 and 2013-14 season b. Rookie player, Rajon Pierre Rondo, lead in assists during the 2012-13 season with 24 consecutive games of 10+ assists c. All NBA players on team rosters during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 season d. 12, 13, 5; 24, 7, 3; 15, 30,12,11; 32,18,7; 28,12,10 e. The number of successful attempts to gain possession of the basketball after a missed field goal or free throw. f. The average number of rebounds per game by NBA player during the 2012-13 season. 2. Average Number of Points Scored Per Game by Rookies during the 2012-13 Season 12 15 23 15 18 18 19 15 18 22 28 32 32 33 35 18 12 8 5 8 33 35 35 32 18 5 12 15 15 33 1. Create a simple frequency distribution 2. Create a grouped frequency distribution using i=3 3. Create a cumulative frequency distribution using i=3 4. How many players averaged 15 points or less per game? Simple Frequency Distribution: make adjustments to rows and columns as need points/scores Tally/f points/scores Tally/f Grouped Frequency Distribution: make adjustments to rows and columns as need Range of points/scores Tally/f Relative proportion Relative frequency (%) Grouped Frequency Distribution: make adjustments to rows and columns as need Range of points/scores Tally/f Cumulative frequency Cumulative Proportion Cumulative percentage (%) 1. The data set below displays the # of touchdown passes thrown by each of the NFL football teams in 2000. Calculate the following: a. mode____ b. median ____ c. mean____ d. range____ e. variance____ f. standard deviation____ # OF TOUCHDOWN PASSES 37 33 33 32 29 28 28 23 22 22 22 21 21 21 20 20 19 19 18 18 18 18 16 15 14 14 14 12 12 9 6 2. The following data could represent many things from the number of NBA basketball games attended by 50 season ticket-holders to the number of taffy apples students sold for fundraising. Come up with your own short scenario/story for what this data might represent: 15, 10, 17, 11, 15, 12, 13, 16, 12, 14, 14, 16, 15, 18, 11, 16, 13, 17, 12, 16, 18, 15, 17, 15, 19, 13, 14, 17, 16, 15, 12, 11, 17, 16, 15, 10, 14, 15, 13, 16, 18, 15, 17, 11, 14, 17, 15, 14, 13, 16 a) Tally the data by completing a simple & grouped frequency table and cumulative frequency table b) Calculate the mean, median and mode: c) Calculate the range, variance and standard deviation: d) Comment on the spread of the data, what can tell me about the data? Simple Frequency Distribution: make adjustments to rows and columns as need points/scores Tally/f points/scores Tally/f Grouped Frequency Distribution: make adjustments to rows and columns as need Range of points/scores Tally/f Relative proportion Relative frequency (%) Grouped Frequency Distribution: make adjustments to rows and columns as need Range of points/scores Tally/f Cumulative frequency Cumulative Proportion Cumulative percentage (%)

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a. All rookie players in the NBA during 2012-13 and 2013-14 season

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b. Rookie player, Rajon Pierre Rondo, lead in assists during the 2012-13 season with 24 consecutive games of 10+ assists

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c. All NBA players on team rosters during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 season

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d. 12, 13, 5; 24, 7, 3; 15, 30,12,11; 32,18,7; 28,12,10

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e. The number of successful attempts to gain possession of the basketball after a missed field goal or free throw.

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f. The average number of rebounds per game by NBA player during the 2012-13 season.

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