Include all of your team members names
NBA Basketball
By Mr. Brower with help from the rest of the class.
Write down the question.
Does height of a basketball player affect their
free throw percentage?
Give us a little background behind your question (Why did you pick it?, What were you hoping to find?
Etc.) At least one paragraph.
There seems to be a myth that the taller the
basketball player the worse they shoot at free
throws. When I watch basketball it seems to be
true.
Where did you get your data? Include a link. Is the web site(s) you got your data from reliable? (Take a
screen shot of the web page or provide a link and take us there briefly)
http://www.espn.com/nba/teams
Include your data. Show me all of your data. Put it in a table if possible. Share a link indicating where you got
the data.
122 data points in total
Analyze your data (put your data into a pie/bar/scatter chart - what ever is
appropriate) Use Excel or something equivalent.
Analyze your data (put your data into a pie/bar/scatter chart - what ever is appropriate) Use Excel or
something equivalent.
- There seems to be a trend with the average free throw percent going down with
height
Conclusion (This is not telling the audience you were "right" or "wrong". This is convincing us, the jury, as if you are in a
courtroom. We don't care if you were right or wrong. We just want to hear your evidence.) At least one paragraph.
There were some interesting trends with the raw data. I had to leave out all basketball
players that were over seven feet one inch because there were only three players reported
that were above that height. The same problem existed with players below six feet. There
were not enough players to include them. It is this extreme group of tall players that I
would of liked to of had included.