1/24/2011

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:

Replicate the analyses discussed in case studies 3-1 through 3.5 with Minitab

Reading Assignment - Please read Chapter 4 for class on Wednesday.

REMINDER: OUR FIRST WEEKLY QUIZ WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY.