For Practice 1, Pick a sport and name two categorical variables and two numerica

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For Practice 1, Pick a sport and name two categorical variables and two numerical variables. 2. Do the following summarize a categorical variable or a numerical variable? Explain. (a) For a football player, the average number of yards per carry in one game (b) For a basketball player, the shooting percentage during one game (c) For a baseball player, his batting average during the playoffs (d) For a hockey player, the time on ice per game 3. In the 2007 season, baseball player Alex Rodriguez hit 54 home runs in 583 at-bats. In the 2007 playoffs, he hit 1 home run in 15 at-bats. Create a bar graph to compare these PERFORMANCES. Briefly describe what you see. 4. Over his career in the regular season, hockey goalkeeper Patrick Roy saved 25,807 shots in 28,353 attempts. In his career in the playoffs, he saved 6565 shots in 7149 attempts. Create a bar graph to compare these PERFORMANCES. Briefly describe what you see. 5. In the 2009 regular season, basketball player Candace Parker of the Los d 111 of har 370 shot attempts. In the 2009 playoffs, she

Explanation / Answer

1) a) in Cricket the names of 2 teams are categorical variables

And their average heights are numerical variable

1)b) the members in the two teams have their own names they are categorical

Also the members in two teams have their own individual scores they are numerical variables.

2) in the given example all are numerical variables since

a) average gives numerical value

b) shooting percentage gives numerical value

c) batting average is numerical

d) time is also a numerical value

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