Question

During 16 seasons in the NHL, Wayne Gretzky scored 50% more points than anyone who ever played professional hockey. He accomplished this amazing feat while playing in 280 fewer games than Gordie Howe, the previous record holder. Here are the number of games Gretzky played during each season:

79 82 80 80 74 84 84 79 64 78 73 78 74 86 45 53
Create a box and whisker plot for this data
Determine whether or not there are outliers present
In the form of a paragraph, explain in complete sentences the steps necessary to create the box and whisker plot and to determine whether or not outliers are present. Complete your work in the space provided

Answer 1

Wayne Gretzky scored 50% more points than anyone else who ever played professional Hockey during his 20 seasons in the National Hockey League. He accomplished this amazing feat while playing in 280 fewer games than Gordy Howe, who is the previous record holder. The number of games he played during each season:

79,80,80,80,74 ,80,80,79,64,78,73,78,74,45,81,48,80,82,82,70.

a) The stem and leaf plot for the data can be comfortably obtained from the excel option as follows: XL STAT option in excel as follows:

1. In excel sheet choose XL STAT

2. Then in that choose the visualizing data- uni-variate plots.

3. In univariate plot – chart -select the stem and leaf plot.

4. In quantitative data select the data set and click ok.

A summary of the statistics and a stem and leaf plot can be obtained as follows.

Explanation: