2.20 [EX02-020] As baseball players, Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron were well known for their ability to hit home runs. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa became well known for their ability to hit home runs during the “great home run chase” of 1998.

Bobby Bonds gained his fame in 2001. Listed here are the number of home runs each player hit in each major-league season in which he played.

a. Construct a dotplot of the data for Ruth and Aaron, using the same axis.

b. Using the dotplots found in part

a, make a case for each of the following statements with regard to past players: “Aaron is the homerun king!” “Ruth is the homerun king!”

c. Construct a dotplot of the data for McGwire, Sosa, and Bonds using the same axis.

d. Using the dotplots found in part

c, make a case for the statements “McGwire is the homerun king!” “Bonds is the homerun king!” and “Sosa is not currently the homerun king!” with regard to the present players. In what way do the dotplots support each statement?

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Ruth 4 3 2 11 = 29 54 Aaron 13 27 26 44 30 McGwire 3 49 32 33 39 Sosa 4 15 10 8 33 Bonds 16 25 24 19 33 72222 59 35 41 46 25 47 60 54 46 49 46 39 40 34 45 44 24 32 44 39 29 44 38 41 34 22 6 62 29 47 34 40 20 12 10 22 42 9 9 39 52 58 70 65 32 29 25 36 40 36 66 63 50 64 49 40 35 25 34 46 37 33 42 40 37 34 49 73 46 45 45