Refer to the Baseball 2008 data, which reports information

Chapter 2, Problem 54E

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Problem 54E

Refer to the Baseball 2008 data, which reports information on the 30 Major League Baseball teams for the 2008 season.

a. Organize the information on the team salaries into a frequency distribution. Select an appropriate class interval.

1. What is a typical team salary? What is the range of salaries?

2. Comment on the shape of the distribution. Does it appear that any of the team salaries are out of line with the others?

b. Draw a cumulative frequency distribution based on the frequency distribution developed in part (a).

1. Forty percent of the teams are paying less than what amount in total team salary?

2. About how many teams have total salaries of less than $80,000,000?

3. Below what amount do the lowest five teams pay in total salary?

c. Organize the information on the size of the various stadiums into a frequency distribution.

1. What is a typical stadium size? Where do the stadium sizes tend to cluster?

2. Comment on the shape of the distribution. Does it appear that any of the stadium sizes are out of line with the others?

d. Organize the information on the year in which the 30 major league stadiums were built into a frequency distribution. (You could also create a new variable called “age” by subtracting the year in which the stadium was built from the current year.)

1. What is the year in which the typical stadium was built? Where do these years tend to cluster?

2. Comment on the shape of the distribution. Does it appear that any of the stadium ages are out of line with the others? If so, which ones?