Question The Major League Baseball Data Set (collected from 20

Team
Boston
New York Yankees
Oakland
Baltimore
Los Angles Angels
Cleveland
Chicago White Sox
Toronto
Minnesota
Tampa Bay
Texas
Detroit
Seattle
Kansas City
Atlanta
Arizona
Houston
Cincinnati
New York Mets
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego
Washington
San Francisco
St Louis
Florida
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Chicago Cubs
Colorado

Seating Capacity Salary ($)
Salary ($M)
Batting
ERA
33,871
123,505,125
123.5
0.281
57,746
208,306,817
208.3
0.276
43,662
55,425,762
55.4
0.262
48,262
73,914,333
73.9
0.269
45,050
97,725,322
97.7
0.270
43,368
41,502,500
41.5
0.271
44,321
75,178,000
75.2
0.262
50,516
45,719,500
45.7
0.265
48,678
56,186,000
56.2
0.259
44,027
29,679,067
29.7
0.274
52,000
55,849,000
55.8
0.267
40,000
69,092,000
69.1
0.272
45,611
87,754,334
87.8
0.256
40,529
36,881,000
36.9
0.263
50,062
86,457,302
86.5
0.265
49,075
62,329,166
62.3
0.256
42,000
76,799,000
76.8
0.256
42,059
61,892,583
61.9
0.261
55,775
101,305,821
101.3
0.258
38,127
38,133,000
38.1
0.259
56,000
83,039,000
83.0
0.253
42,445
63,290,833
63.3
0.257
56,000
48,581,500
48.6
0.252
40,800
90,199,500
90.2
0.261
49,625
92,106,833
92.1
0.270
42,531
60,408,834
60.4
0.272
43,500
95,522,000
95.5
0.270
42,400
39,934,833
39.9
0.259
38,957
87,032,933
87.0
0.270
50,381
48,155,000
48.2
0.267

HR
4.74
4.52
3.69
4.56
3.68
3.61
3.61
4.06
3.71
5.39
4.96
4.51
4.49
5.49
3.98
4.84
3.51
5.15
3.76
4.42
4.38
4.13
3.87
4.33
3.49
4.16
4.21
3.97
4.19
5.13

Error
199
229
155
189
147
207
200
136
134
157
260
168
130
126
184
191
161
222
175
139
149
130
117
128
170
128
167
175
194
150

109
95
88
107
87
106
94
95
102
124
108
110
86
125
86
94
89
104
106
117
106
109
92
90
100
103
90
119
101
118

Stolen Bases Wins
45
84
31
83
161
62
137
72
102
151
67
66
102
53
92
67
115
72
153
73
58
99
45
71
83
96
116
79
65
65

95.0
95.0
88.0
74.0
95.0
93.0
99.0
80.0
83.0
67.0
79.0
71.0
69.0
56.0
90.0
77.0
89.0
73.0
83.0
67.0
71.0
82.0
81.0
75.0
100.0
83.0
88.0
81.0
79.0
67.0

Attendance
2,847,798
4,090,440
2,108,818
2,623,904
3,404,636
2,014,220
2,342,804
2,014,995
2,034,243
1,141,915
2,525,259
2,024,505
2,724,859
1,371,181
2,520,904
2,059,327
2,805,060
1,923,254
2,827,549
1,817,245
3,603,680
2,869,787
2,730,352
3,181,020
3,542,271
1,852,608
2,665,304
2,211,323
3,100,092
1,914,385

Week 2

1) Purpose Statement

In one paragraph, state the correlation and identify the primary independent variables.

State the correlation as in the following:

“The dependent variable _______ is determined by independent variables ________, _________, ________, and ________.”

Identify and defend the “primary” independent variable, or the variable believed to have the strongest impact on the dependent variable:

“The most important independent variable in this relationship is ________ because _________.”

2) Definition of Variables

For each variable, write a single definition paragraph talking about the variable. Paragraphs should be in this order: dependent variable, primary independent variable, and three independent variables.

In addition to defining the independent variables, defend why each determines the dependent variable.

For the primary independent variable, at least two research sources that discuss the variable also must be cited. These sources need not be technical documents but should contain evidence to justify the relationship between the primary independent variable and the dependent variable. List these sources in the Works Cited (reference) page.

**Note:Citations from encyclopedias, Wikipedia, blogs, abstracts, or non-governmental websites are not acceptable research sources.

3) Data Description

For each of the variables, at least 30 observations of cross-sectional or time-series data must be obtained. Thus for the final research paper, a data matrix that is at least 30 rows by numbers of variables must be presented.

In one paragraph, identify the data sources and describe the data (i.e., which government agencies supply the data, which methods are used to compile them, when they were collected, etc.).

4) Works Cited Page

The final page of the proposal should be a Works Cited page listing the two research sources for the primary independent variable and the data sources, with a separate citation for each table of data, including specific table numbers for each of the sources.

Upload this Word File in dropbox labeled “Project Topic and Feasibility Paper”.
Your instructor will provide you with feedback within seven days of the last day of week two.