1. Baseball teams win and lose games. Many fans believe that a team's earned run average(ERA)hasamajoreffectonthatteam'swinning.Duringthe2008season,the30 Major League Baseball teams recorded the numbers of wins along with the corresponding earned run averages. The data are in the table below, along with a scatterplot and a Minitab readout.
2. DoesthescatterplotsuggestthatteamstendtowinmoregameswhentheirteamERAis lower? Explain why or why not. What numerical measure could you use to reinforce your argument?
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Wins ERA Wins ERA Wins ERA 89 4.07 92 3.88 89 4.28 88 4.16 84 3.68 72 4.46 63 4.41 86 3.49 81 4.45 89 4.06 95 4.01 84 4.43 97 3.82 74 4.77 61 4.73 90 3.85 4.48 75 4.01 67 5.08 4.90 82 3.98 86 4.19 4.55 59 4.66 100 3.90 4,38 86 4,36 97 3.87 5.37 68 5.13 Source: http://mlb.mlb.com