Homework #3

Read in the data set basketball.dat. Answer the following questions.
  1. How many total games are in the data set?
  2. What is the average combined score of all games played since 1985?
  3. How many games has UCLA won?
  4. How many games has UCLA lost?
  5. In what years did UCLA win at least three games?
  6. What is the average score by UCLA in games they won?
  7. What is the average score by UCLA in games they lost?
  8. Who were the winning and losing teams in the game with the highest combined score?
  9. Who were the winning and losing teams in the game with the lowest combined score?
  10. Who were the winning and losing teams in the game with the largest point differential?
  11. Who were the winning and losing teams in the game with the tenth largest point differential?
  12. Does combined score follow a normal distribution, approximately? Use a Q-Q plot to answer this.
  13. Plot the average combined score by year. Is there an obvious trend?

Last modified: March 19, 1997

Bret Larget, larget@mathcs.duq.edu