Below are actual statistics from the 2022-2023 Miami Heat Basketball players. It demonstrates the number of points scored per game for each player on the team during the regular season (in other words, the number of points they scored all season, divided by the total number of games they played). Please see the announcement on canvas about these data before you begin!
Data
HEAT PLAYER NAME
Points Per Game
Bam Adebayo
20.4
Caleb Martin
9.6
Cody Zeller
6.5
Dewayne Dedmon
5.7
Dru Smith
2.2
Duncan Robinson
6.4
Gabe Vincent
9.4
Haywood Highsmith
4.4
Jamal Cain
5.4
Jamaree Bouyea
3.8
Jimmy Butler
22.9
Kevin Love
7.7
Kyle Lowry
11.2
Max Strus
11.5
Nikola Jovic
5.5
Omer Yurtseven
4.4
Orlando Robinson
3.7
Tyler Herro
20.1
Udonis Haslem
3.9
Victor Oladipo
10.7
1-What is the average number of points scored per game for the Heat? Round your final answer to two decimal places.
2- What is the median for the number of points scored per game for the Heat? Round your answer to two decimal places.
3- What is the mode for the number of points scored per game?
4- Based on your answer to the previous questions, which measure of central tendency do you think would be best to describe the field goal percentage for the whole team? Do you think the mean, median, or mode is the most accurate way to describe the team? Explain your answer.
5- Below are actual statistics from the 2022-2023 Denver Nuggets Basketball players. It demonstrates the number of points scored per game for each player on the team during the regular season (in other words, the number of points they scored all season, divided by the total number of games they played).
data table
NUGGETS PLAYER NAMES
POINTS PER GAME
Aaron Gordon
16.3
Bones Hyland
12.1
Bruce Brown
11.5
Christian Braun
4.7
Davon Reed
2.3
DeAndre Jordan
5.1
Ish Smith
2.5
Jack White
1.2
Jamal Murray
20
Jeff Green
7.8
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
10.8
Michael Porter Jr.
17.4
Nikola Jokic
24.5
Peyton Watson
3.3
Reggie Jackson
7.9
Thomas Bryant
4.6
Vlatko Cancar
5
Zeke Nnaji
5.2
6- What is the average number of points per game scored by the Denver Nuggets? Round your answer to two decimal places.
7- What is the average number of points per game scored by the Denver Nuggets? Round your answer to two decimal places.
8- What is the mode for the number of points per game scored by the Denver Nuggets?
a-1.2
b-there is no mode
c-16.3
d-6.50
9- Based on your answer to the previous questions, which measure of central tendency do you think would be best to describe the field goal percentage for the Denver Nuggets team? Do you think the mean, median, or mode is the most accurate way to describe the team? Explain your answer.