Name______Class Period______

Bulls vs. Raptors

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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. / 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.
Chicago Bulls / 1997/98
1 / Michael Jordan / 2357
2 / Toni Kukoc / 984
3 / Scottie Pippen / 841
4 / Ron Harper / 764
5 / Luc Longley / 663
6 / Scott Burrell / 416
7 / Steve Kerr / 376
8 / Dennis Rodman / 375
9 / Randy Brown / 288
10 / Jud Buechler / 198
11 / Bill Wennington / 167
TOTAL: / 7429
/ Toronto Raptors / 1997/98
1 / Kevin Willis / 1305
2 / Doug Christie / 1287
3 / John Wallace / 1147
4 / Chauncey Billups / 893
5 / Charles Oakley / 711
6 / Dee Brown / 658
7 / Gary Trent / 630
8 / Reggie Slater / 625
9 / Tracy McGrady / 451
10 / Oliver Miller / 401
11 / Alvin Williams / 324
12 / John Thomas / 151
TOTAL: / 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 = ______
Q1 = ______
Median = ______
Q3 = ______
Maximum = ______
Mean = ______/ 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 = 426
Median = 644
Q3 = 1020
Maximum = 1305
Mean = ______

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
Player / 2008/09
1 / Andrei Kirilenko / $15,080,312
2 / Carlos Boozer / $11,593,817
3 / Mehmet Okur / $8,500,000
4 / Matt Harpring / $6,000,000
5 / Deron Williams / $5,069,448
6 / Kyle Korver / $4,773,927
7 / CJ Miles / $3,700,000
8 / Jarron Collins / $2,074,302
9 / Brevin Knight / $2,000,000
10 / Ronnie Brewer / $1,834,680
11 / Ronnie Price / $1,188,000
12 / Kosta Koufos / $1,129,320
13 / Morris Almond / $1,081,440
14 / Kyrylo Fesenko / $810,000
15 / Paul Millsap / $797,581
TOTAL: / $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?

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.