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Question 1 Use the data below to answer the questions that follow. The table below gives the approximate salaries (in millions of dollars) of the 13 members of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team for the 2011-2012 season. Player Kobe Bryant Pau Gasol Andrew Bynum Lamar Odom Metta World Peace Luke Walton Steve Blake Salary Player 25.2 millon Derek Fisher 18.7 millon Matt Barnes 15.2 millon Troy Murphy 8.9 millon Jason Kapono 6.8 millon Derrick Caracter 5.7 millon Devin Ebanks 4.0 millon Salary 3.4 million 1.9 million 1.4 million 1.2 million 0.8 million 0.8 million The table below gives the approximate salaries (in millions of dollars) for 28 hockey players in Canada for the 2011-2012 season. Player Salary Player Salary Player Salary Player Salary Player 1 23.2 millon Player 8 9.3 million Player 15 5.8 millon Player 22 4.3 million Player 2 20.3 millon Player 9 9.1 million Player 16 5.7 millon Player 23 4.0 million Player 3 18.0 millon Player 10 8.7 million Player 17 5.6 millon Player 24 3.6 million Player 4 15.4 millon Player 11 8.4 million Player 18 5.6 millon Player 25 3.3 million Player 5 13.7 millon Player 12 6.4 million Player 19 5.2 millon Player 26 2.8 million Player 6 10 millon Player 13 6.4 million Player 20 5.2 millon Player 27 1.7 million Player 7 9.4 millon Player 14 6.3 million Player 21 4.7 millon Player 28 0.9 million (a) (5 points) Fill in the following 2 x 2 contingency table so that it contains counts of players of both kinds of sports who earn at least 10 million dollars or less than 10 million dollars. > 10 million < 10 million Total Basketball Players Hockey Players Total (b) (3 points) Using an appropriate measure, determine which kind of team, basketball or hockey, is more likely to have players that earn at least 10 million dollars. (c) Use the Los Angeles Lakers table to answer this question. i. (5 points) Sketch a histogram of the salaries using a bin width of 5 million and 0 as the left endpoint of the first bin.

Answer 1

QUESTION 1

DATA FOR THE BASKETBALL TEAM OF LOS ANGELS LAKER IS GIVEN BELOW

Player Salary Player Salary Kobe Bryant 25.2 millon Derek Fisher 3.4 million Pau Gasol 18.7 millon Matt Barnes 1.9 million Andrew Bynum 15.2 millon Troy Murphy 1.4 million Lamar Odom 8.9 millon Jason Kapono 1.2 million Metta World Peace 6.8 millon Derrick Caracter 0.8 million Luke Walton 5.7 millon Devin Ebanks 0.8 million Steve Blake 4.0 millon

DATA FOR THE HOCKEY TEAM PLAYER IS GIVEN BELOW

Player Salary Player Salary Player Salary Player Salary Player 1 23.2 millon Player 8 9.3 million Player 15 5.8 millon Player 22 4.3 million Player 2 20.3 millon Player 9 9.1 million Player 16 5.7 millon Player 23 4.0 million Player 3 18.0 millon Player 10 8.7 million Player 17 5.6 millon Player 24 3.6 million Player 4 15.4 millon Player 11 8.4 million Player 18 5.6 millon Player 25 3.3 million Player 5 13.7 millon Player 12 6.4 million Player 19 5.2 millon Player 26 2.8 million Player 6 10 millon Player 13 6.4 million Player 20 5.2 millon Player 27 1.7 million Player 7 9.4 millon Player 14 6.3 million Player 21 4.7 millon Player 28 0.9 million