Mathematics For Practical Applications Worksheet - 2011 Page 2
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1612.)
CNN is doing a poll on their web site. Explain why this poll is biased.
13.)
For each of the following, tell whether it is an example of a qualitative statistic or a
quantitative statistic.
a.)
height of people who play baseball professionally
b.)
number of times a batter strikes out with men on base and less than two out
c.)
eye color of students at Henderson State University
d.)
percentage of freshmen students at Henderson State University who finish
with a GPA of 3.0 or higher
14.)
Name four different rule changes that we discussed from chapters 1-3 of Schwarz's
book.
15.)
Matching - For each item in Column B, place in the blank the number of the
associated name from Column A. Note that there are more choices in Column A
than in Column B. No answer should be used more than once.
Column A
Column B
1.)
1869 Cincinnati Red
________
"The Father of Baseball"
Stockings
________
began collecting players' lifetime
statistics that were not available
2.)
1884 Troy Trojans
anywhere, eventually publishing a
book, Who's Who in Baseball, in 1912
3.)
Alan Roth
________
hired the first full-time statistician
________
In 1977, he published his first Abstract,
4.)
Albert Spalding
giving statistics along with analysis and
commentary. According to Schwarz,
5.)
Art Richmond
he did more than anyone else to
popularize the study of baseball
6.)
Babe Ruth
statistics and analysis.
7.)
Bill James
________
National League secretary and
statistics fanatic, particularly pitching
8.)
Bill Veeck
statistics
________
star pitcher, manager, helped form
9.)
Branch Rickey
National League in 1876, started
sporting goods company
10.)
Henry Chadwick
________
the appeal of his home runs led
baseball to try to help increase power
11.)
John Heydler
hitting
________
the first openly professional team
12.)
John Lawres
________
was hired as first full-time statistician
13.)
Lee Allen
________
Was the preeminent baseball historian
of the era of the 20th century
14.)
Richie Ashburn
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