Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors hit 721 of his 1,383 field goal attempts in the
Question:
Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors hit 721 of his 1,383 field goal attempts in the 2018/2019 season for a shooting percentage of 52.1%. Over the lifetime of Kevin’s career, can we say that Kevin is more likely than not to make a field goal?
a. Is the long-run proportion of Kevin making a field goal a parameter or a statistic?
b. Is 52.1% a parameter or a statistic?
c. When simulating possible outcomes assuming the chance model, how many times would you flip a coin for one repetition of the 2018/2019 season?
d. With each repetition, what would you keep track of?
e. What would be a typical value from a repetition of 1,383 coin flips? Justify your answer
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Introduction To Statistical Investigations
ISBN: 9781119683452
2nd Edition
Authors: Beth L.Chance, George W.Cobb, Allan J.Rossman Nathan Tintle, Todd Swanson Soma Roy