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M a t h Ta l k
1. Lu cas w o n ders, “H o w many f a ns are at the stadium toda y?”
Azzore w onde rs, “What a re the mo st po pula r f ood ite ms at the
stadi um ?” Ho w can y ou te l l whi ch i s a s tatisti cal qu es ti on ?
2 . Jimmy f org ot the dif f erence be tw een mean and median. What
advi ce can yo u gi ve him ?
3. T eam A has 1 0 pl a ye rs, T eam B has 1 1 p la y ers , and T eam C
has 1 2 pla y ers. N atalia determ ines that the mean and median
num ber o f p lay ers is 1 1 . She c on c l udes mean and median a re
alw a y s the same f or e v er y set o f d ata. Is sh e correct ? W hy o r
why n ot?
4. W hen a coac h report s a team ’ s average number o f hom e r uns,
sh oul d the y use mean or median ? Why ?
5. Kei sh a surve ys s t ude nts t o fi nd o u t ho w mu c h time they w a n t
to spe nd p la ying C apture the F la g on fie ld da y . A fter a nal yzin g
the data, she sa ys ther e is n ot a c lear a ns w er because there i s
too m uc h “ s pread in the data. ” W hat does s he m ean by this ?
6. Ho w do ath l etes , co ach es, and s portscaste rs use s tatis tic s ?
 

Ma r issa Her n a ndez
Statistical Questions and Measures
 

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T abl e of Con ten ts
L et’ s Play B a ll! ............................................................... 4
Histo ry of the Game ....................................................... 6
Baseba l l Basics ............................................................. 12
S ta tis tic a ll y S peaking ................................................... 18
A Numbers Ga me ......................................................... 26
P r o ble m S olv i n g ........................................................... 28
Glos sa r y ....................................................................... 30
I n d ex ............................................................................. 31
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