Name_____________________
Class Period______
Bulls vs. Raptors
Calculator Hints: Put the data into lists, then use StatCalc1-Var Stats to check your answers.
Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls team scored
the most points in the 1997-98 season in the
NBA. The Bulls were the NBA champions that
year. Below is a list of points scored by Chicago
Bulls Players, from team members who played
over 40 games in the season.
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Chicago Bulls
Michael Jordan
Toni Kukoc
Scottie Pippen
Ron Harper
Luc Longley
Scott Burrell
Steve Kerr
Dennis Rodman
Randy Brown
Jud Buechler
Bill Wennington
TOTAL:
1997/98
2357
984
841
764
663
416
376
375
288
198
167
7429
The Toronto Raptors basketball team came in last
in their division in the 1997-98 season.
Trivia: This is the season that the Utah Jazz lost
the championship game to the Bulls.
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2
3
4
5
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7
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10
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12
Toronto Raptors
Kevin Willis
Doug Christie
John Wallace
Chauncey Billups
Charles Oakley
Dee Brown
Gary Trent
Reggie Slater
Tracy McGrady
Oliver Miller
Alvin Williams
John Thomas
TOTAL:
1997/98
1305
1287
1147
893
711
658
630
625
451
401
324
151
8483
1) Find the 5 number summary for the Chicago
Bulls data, then graph a box and whisker plot
ABOVE the number line below. Label the mean
on the number line.
Minimum = _______
2) The 5 number summary for the Toronto
Raptors is already calculated. Graph a box and
whisker plot BELOW the number line. Find and
label the mean on the number line.
Minimum = 151
Q1 =
_______
Q1 =
426
Median =
_______
Median =
644
Q3 =
_______
Q3 =
1020
Maximum =
_______
Maximum =
1305
Mean =
_______
Mean =
_______
Bulls
Raptors
3) Compare the measures of the center for each of the teams.
4) Decide which measure of center best describes each team. Explain your choice for each.
5) Delete Michael Jordan’s points from the total for the Chicago Bulls, and find the new mean and new
median, based on the 10 remaining players. Mean = ___________ Median = __________
Did the either value change by much? Explain.
6) Which team had higher scoring team members, the 1st place Bulls or the last place Raptors? Use the
inter-quartile range, the mean, and the median to help make your choice.
7) Using both plots and all the data, describe how one team member can influence the outcome of an NBA
season championship.
More Practice:
Salaries for Utah Jazz Players
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Player
2008/09
Andrei Kirilenko
Carlos Boozer
Mehmet Okur
Matt Harpring
Deron Williams
Kyle Korver
CJ Miles
Jarron Collins
Brevin Knight
Ronnie Brewer
Ronnie Price
Kosta Koufos
Morris Almond
Kyrylo Fesenko
Paul Millsap
TOTAL:
$15,080,312
$11,593,817
$8,500,000
$6,000,000
$5,069,448
$4,773,927
$3,700,000
$2,074,302
$2,000,000
$1,834,680
$1,188,000
$1,129,320
$1,081,440
$810,000
$797,581
$65,632,827
After rounding the data off to the nearest 1000, the
5 number summary is calculated below.
Minimum = $798,000
Q1 =
$1,129,000
Median =
$2,074,000
Q3 =
$6,000,000
Maximum =
$15,080,000
Mean =
$4,375,000
Note: Boozer earned $11,590,000 for sitting on his tush all year.
8) Using the salary data find the: 50th percentile ___________
75th percentile ___________
10th percentile = ___________
60th percentile = ___________
9) Eighty percent of the Jazz players made more than ___________.
10) What percentile is Matt Harpring? _________
11) An average teacher in Utah makes about $45,000. How many years would a teacher have to work to
make the same amount that Andrei Kirilenko made in the 2008/09 season?
This is a histogram of actor’s ages when they won an Oscar
(Triola p. 59). Each bin of the histogram does not include the
upper value. For example: the first bin contains actors from ages
30-34, the second contains ages 35-39.
12) How many total actors are included in the histogram?
13) In what age range does the 50th percentile belong?
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35 40 45 50 55 60 65
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75
14) In what age range does the 75th percentile belong?
15) In what age range does the 25th percentile belong?
16) Draw a box and whisker plot for this data below the histogram.
17) The middle 50% of the actors ages lie between ______ and ______.
This range is also known as the _____________.
18) Which measure of center would be more appropriate for this data, the median or the mean? Explain
your choice.
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