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WNBA Stats —
2-Variable Statistics
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Problem
Do you think WNBA playing time (in minutes per game) is related to how
many points a player scores? Do you think it is related to how many rebounds
a player gets? Or is it related to the player’s field goal percentage?
Procedure
Use the following table of data to explore the relationships of different pairs of
data. Begin by entering the points per game as the
X
-variable and the minutes
per game as the
Y
-variable.
Player Field Goal
Percentage
Points
per Game
Rebounds
per Game
Minutes
per Game
1. Rhonda Mapp .506 10.1 4.3 21.7
2. Vicky Bullet .441 13.3 6.5 31.6
3. Janeth Arcain .426 6.8 3.6 21.9
4. Cynthia Cooper .446 22.7 3.7 35
5. Elena Baranova .420 12.9 9.3 33.6
6. Malgozata Dydek .482 12.9 7.6 28
7. Heidi Burge .509 6.7 3.3 16.7
8. Keri Chaconas .297 4.8 .8 13.2
9. Rebecca Lobo .484 11.7 6.9 29.2
10. Coquese Washington .294 1.9 .9 8.1
11. Toni Foster .467 4.9 1.9 13.6
12. Maria Stepanova .426 3.3 1.9 6.5