Questions regarding simple linear regression or locally weighted scatterplot smoothing (lowess)
Chapter 2
Case Study 2-5 Manager Statistics: the use of the sacrifice bunt
Side-by-side dotplots and boxplots
A short excursion - coaching a 13 year old travel team
Discussion of Boycott the BCS!
Chapter 3
Case Study 3-1 Comparing Barry Bonds and Ken Griffey, Jr.
- Rule of thumb for identifying outliers (1.5*IQR)
Case Study 3-2 Comparing Robin Roberts and Whitey Ford
- Be careful interpreting common baseball statistics such as ERA, sometimes an adjustment is necessary
Case Study 3-3 Comparing Home Runs hit in 1927, 1961, 1998, and 2001
- Is Barry Bonds really the greatest home run slugger of all time? Comparisons with your peers are important.
Case Study 3-4 Slugging Percentages are Normal
- Properties of normal distributions
- Empirical Rule
Case Study 3-5 Great Batting Averages
- Standardized scores (z-scores)
Class exercises - Getting comfortable with Minitab
2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.9, 2.23, 2.29
Replicate the analyses discussed in case studies 3-1 through 3.5 with Minitab
Reading Assignment - Please read Chapter 4 for class on Monday.