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http://www.nba-allstar.com/players/lists/players-by-height.htm
Mean: 78.36
Standard D: 3.54
Min: 70
Q1: 76
Med: 79
Q3: 81
Max: 86
Mode: 79
Range: 16
IQR: 5
Variance: 12.53
Coeff Variation: 4.52%
5% trimmed mean: 78.36
Standard D: 2.81
Min: 73
Q1: 76
Med: 79
Q3: 81
Max: 83
10% trimmed mean: 78.4
Standard D: 2.48
Min: 74
Q1: 76
Med: 79
Q3: 80.5
Max: 83
75% Chebyshev: 71.2 to 85.44
88.9% Chebyshev: 67.74 to 88.98
93.8% Chebyshev: 64.2 to 92.52
No outliers: below 68.5 and above 88.5
Hanna+Ryan = 73 mode=73

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Stats Chapter 3 Project
We plugged all of our data into the calculators List 1 from least to greatest. Then we
used the one variable stats to find the mean and median. The calculator shows the mean as
which was 78.36 inches. The m
edian was 79 inches. We compared our data to another group
that found the height of athletes, not necessarily in basketball. We found that both are mean and
mode were higher than theirs. From this, we could assume that our basketball players are taller
than other athletes. To find the mode we looked back at our List 1 data. After searching through
the data set we found the mode to be 79 inches. This showed us that most of the NBA players
are around the same height, at 79 inches. Then using the min and max the calculator gave us
we calculated the range. We subtracted the min of 70 from the max of 86 to find 16 as the
range of the data. This shows that our data is not very spread out and is clustered together.
The calculator also showed us the values of the first and third quartiles. The f irst
quartiles value was 76 inches and the t hird quartile was 81 inches. We subtracted the first
quartile from the third quartile to find the i nterquartile range of 5 inches. This shows that most
of our data is in the middle of the data set with a small box on the box-and-whisker plot. From
this we can assume that most basketball players with the all-star title are all very tall.
Our data was a sample of all-star NBA players. We found our data by going through the
a list of players and their height and took every eighth person from the list. The heights of
players was recorded in feet so, we converted the data to inches. After using the one variable
statistics calculation, we found the s
tandard deviation to be 3.54 inches. Then, squaring that
data we found the sample variation to be 12.53 inches. This data shows that the spread
around our mean is small. This proves that our data set is clustered together rather than spread
apart.
The coefficient of variation is found by taking the standard deviation and dividing that
by the mean of the data, once that number is found multiply that by 100 in order to get a
percent. In this case we took 3.54/78.36 = .0452 x 100 = 4.52%. This number is a measure of
the spread as a percent without units. This percent tells us how spread out our data is. The
coefficient of variation makes comparing data spreads easier because it is a unitless number.
We also calculated a 5% trimmed mean. A 5% trim is when you take 5% of the data off
of both ends of the data set, when in order from least to greatest. This trim can allow for the
disclusion of any outliers that are present in the data set. By eliminating outliers, the data set will
may be more representative of the data. For example, if someone is trying to measure the
average salary of employees in a company there can be some employees that make a lot more
money than most, especially CEOs and board members of a company. By including these
salaries the average may be brought up due to a few employees, those higher up in the
company business, that make more money. By performing a 5% trim outliers are taken out and
the data, in some cases, in better represented. Our data set did not have any outliers, in this
case, no numbers that were below 68.5 and above 88.5. For this reason the 5 number summary
for our 5% trimmed mean was very similar to our actual data set.
In addition to a 5% trimmed, we calculated a 10% trimmed mean. This eliminates any
outliers and leaves a simpler and smaller data set. Once we performed our 10% trim, we found
that our data was still similar to our actual data, but these data values were closer together than

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our original data set; our 10% trimmed mean was also very close 5% trimmed mean. Because
these two trims were very similar, it can be assumed that there might have been repeat
numbers in both data sets, or that the numbers are not very spread out.
Chebyshevs Theorem says that for any data set there are certain percents of the data
that lie in intervals of the data. According to this theorem: at least 75% of data fall between s-2
and s+2. At least 88.9% of the data fall between s-3 and s+3. And at least 93.8% of
the data fall between s-4 and s+4. In each equation s= sample standard deviation and =
the sample mean. We found that 75% of our data falls between 71.2 inches and 85.44 inches.
When we applied Chebychevs theorem again for 88.9%, we found that the interval for this
percentage was 67.74-88.98 inches. This means that 88.9% of our NBA all-stars are between
67.74 inches and 88.98 inches. When we applied Chebyshev's theorem again, we found that
93.8% of our data falls between 64.2 inches and 92.52 inches.
Our data, because it was height of basketball stars, was not very spread out. Because of
this,we did not have any outliers. In order to determine this, we did 1.5XIQR. The IQR in our
data set was 5. So 1.5X5=7.5. Once we had this number, 7.5, we used this and subtracted this
from the lower quartile and added it to our upper quartile. From doing this we found that any
outliers would be 68.5 or below and 88.5 or above. Because we do not have any outliers, we
can tell that our data is clustered together and that we do not have a large spread of data.