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Out of the Park!

1. MG & MS - Home run percentage for professional baseball players (home run
percentage is the number of home runs per 100 times at bat)

1.6 2.4 1.2 6.6 2.3 0.0 1.8 2.5 6.5 1.8

2.7 2.0 1.9 1.3 2.7 1.7 1.3 2.1 2.8 1.4

3.8 2.1 3.4 1.3 1.5 2.9 2.6 0.0 4.1 2.9

1.9 2.4 0.0 1.8 3.1 3.8 3.2 1.6 4.2 0.0

1.2 1.8 2.4

Given the data, we were able to compute several values. For starters, we were
able to find the sample size by simply counting up the number of data values given in
the sample. The sample size is 43. In other words, 43 baseball player’s percentages
were figured into the values. We found the sample mean by typing the values into our
calculator. The sample mean, or X, is 2.29. The average amount of home runs hit was
2.29. Obviously, it is impossible to hit .29 of a home run, so the average is about 2
home runs per 100 times up to bat. We were also able to find the sample standard
deviation by typing the values into our calculator. The sample standard deviation for our
data set is 1.40. This number represents the spread of the data or the distance away
from the mean. One standard deviation is equal to about one home run away from the
average. To calculate degrees of freedom, we subtracted our sample size from 1, giving
us a total of 42. The critical values for any data set can be found in our books. The
critical value for a 90% confidence interval is 1.645. The critical value for a 90%
confidence interval is 1.96. The critical value for a 95% confidence level is 1.96. The
critical value for a 99% confidence interval is 2.58. Those values are found using the
confidence level table. The maximal margin of error, otherwise known as E, can be
found using the formula E= Tc x s / n. The Tc value can be found using Table 4. To
start, we located our degree of freedom, or 42. However, 42 was not able to be found
on the table, so we used the closest lower value, 40. Then, we used the d.f. / c row and
located our percentages, .900, .950, .990. Then, we used the table to match up the
values. The critical value for the t distribution for 90%, 95%, and 99% confidence levels
are 1.684, 2.02, and 2.704, respectively. Using these values, we calculated E by
plugging the values into the equation E= Tc x s / n. The total values for margin of error
for 90%, 95%, and 99% confidence levels were .352, .431, and .577 respectively.
These numbers represent the magnitude of X- .
We found three different intervals for the percent of home runs hit by professional
baseball players for every 100 times at bat. The three intervals we used were 90%,
95%, and 99% confidence levels. We found that with 90 % confidence the number of
home runs hit by a pro baseball player every 100 times at bat are between 1.94 and
2.64 home runs. For 95% we calculated the interval to be between 1.86 and 2.72 home
runs hit every 100 at bats. Lastly, for 99% we found the interval to be between 1.71 and
2.87 home runs per every 100 times up to bat. As you can see from the three different
intervals as the percentage gets higher the range of numbers gets wider. These
intervals give us an idea of the number of home runs hit by professional baseball
players with different amounts of confidence.
If we would have been given the population standard deviation it would have changed
the equation we use from the E= Tc x s / n to E= Zc x / n. We could use this equation
now because we have 𝜎instead of s. This changes our confidence interval and margin
of error.

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