Which Accomplishment of LeBron James Is Most Impressive? Table 2.23 shows the means and standard deviations for
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Which Accomplishment of LeBron James Is Most Impressive? Table 2.23 shows the means and standard deviations for four of the variables in the NBAPlayers2015 dataset. FGPct is the field goal percentage, Points is total number of points scored during the season, Assists is total number of assists during the season, and Steals is total number of steals during the season. LeBron James had a field goal percentage of 0.488 , scored 1743 points, had 511 assists, and had 109 steals. Find the $z$-score for each of LeBron's statistics. Use the $z$-scores to determine, relative to the other players in the NBA that season, which statistic of LeBron's is the most impressive. Which is the least impressive?
Table 2.23 Summary statistics on NBA players
Variable | Mean | Standard Deviation |
---|---|---|
FGPct | 0.453 | 0.054 |
Points | 915 | 357 |
Assists | 205 | 149 |
Steals | 67.5 | 33.6 |
Refer to the dataset NBAPlayers2015, which contains information on many variables for players in the NBA (National Basketball Association) during the 2014-2015 season. The dataset includes information for all players who averaged more than 24 minutes per game, and includes $n=182$ players and 25 variables.
NBAPlayers2015
Data for 182 NBA basketball players from the 2014–2015 regular season. Includes all players who averaged more than 24 minutes per game that season.
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