Introduction to Sport Statistics

Lecture 3

Recommended Readings:

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The tutorials in this lecture will use IBM SPSS:[click on picture for link]

CLASS ACTIVITY: GOING OLD

SCHOOLThis class activity has students solve for Mean, Mode, Median, and Standard Deviation of selected scores/data. Calculations must be done with pen and paper.

A Tiring Exercise in Probability

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Graphical Statistics

Uses and Misuses of Graphical Statistics

Uses and Misuses of Graphical Statistics

Boxplots• Sports provide numerous examples for

illustrating statistics:– Pie charts– Scatter plots– Pareto charts – Bubble charts – Surface plots– Boxplots

The next slide an example of how a box plot can summarize salary differences in Major League Baseball for the 2003 season. In this case, outlying data points (Alex Rodriguez – Texas, Carlos Delgado – Toronto) draw attention away from the bars, and a plot without plotted outliers (an option in most statistical packages) can show more with respect to team salary quartiles.

Boxplots

Graphical Summary for Basketball Games

Graphical Summary for Basketball Games

Graphical Summary for Basketball Games

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