Stats​ ​Chapter​ ​2​ ​Project

Topic:​ ​Top​ ​50​ ​total​ ​tackles​ ​for​ ​NFL​ ​players

Link:
http://www.espn.com/nfl/statistics/player/_/stat/defense/sort/totalTackles/qualified/false/count/41
Link​ ​to​ ​spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_ZtEBs-K7-XGSqp3fbQ5unZRIckym5QN0bjBAZvH25
k/edit?ts=59d7b859#gid=0

Our​ ​topic​ ​for​ ​this​ ​project​ ​was​ ​the​ ​top​ ​fifty​ ​NFL​ ​players​ ​with​ ​the​ ​most​ ​tackles.​ ​The​ ​data​ ​was
collected​ ​from​ ​the​ ​players​ ​statistics​ ​page​ ​on​ ​ESPN.

The​ ​histogram​ ​shows​ ​that​ ​the​ ​distribution​ ​of​ ​the​ ​number​ ​of​ ​tackles​ ​was​ ​skew​ ​right,​ ​meaning
most​ ​players​ ​had​ ​lower​ ​numbers​ ​of​ ​tackles.​ ​The​ ​highest​ ​bars​ ​were​ ​in​ ​the​ ​classes​ ​between
17-25,​ ​showing​ ​that​ ​this​ ​was​ ​the​ ​most​ ​frequent​ ​number​ ​of​ ​tackles​ ​for​ ​the​ ​50​ ​players​ ​that​ ​the
data​ ​was​ ​collected​ ​from.

​ ​For​ ​the​ ​stem​ ​and​ ​leaf​ ​display,​ ​it​ ​is​ ​shown​ ​that​ ​most​ ​of​ ​the​ ​number​ ​of​ ​tackles​ ​were​ ​between​ ​10
and​ ​20,​ ​because​ ​the​ ​majority​ ​of​ ​the​ ​numbers​ ​in​ ​the​ ​1’s​ ​place​ ​occurred​ ​in​ ​the​ ​10’s​ ​and​ ​20’s
group.This​ ​information​ ​goes​ ​along​ ​with​ ​the​ ​data​ ​from​ ​the​ ​histogram,​ ​meaning​ ​not​ ​many​ ​players
had​ ​numbers​ ​of​ ​tackles​ ​in​ ​the​ ​30’s,​ ​only​ ​three.
 Stem​ ​and
Leaf:
0​ ​2​ ​4​ ​5​ ​5​ ​5​ ​5​ ​6
7​ ​7​ ​7​ ​7​ ​8​ ​8​ ​8​ ​8
1 9​ ​9​ ​9​ ​9​ ​9​ ​9​ ​9
0​ ​0​ ​0​ ​0​ ​1​ ​1​ ​1​ ​1
1​ ​2​ ​2​ ​2​ ​2​ ​2​ ​3​ ​3
2 3​ ​4​ ​5​ ​5​ ​5​ ​7​ ​7​ ​8
3 0​ ​12
*2|1=​ ​21
tackles

The​ ​relative​ ​frequency​ ​histogram​ ​shows​ ​the​ ​same​ ​data​ ​as​ ​the​ ​regular​ ​frequency​ ​histogram,​ ​but
the​ ​relative​ ​frequency​ ​one​ ​shows​ ​the​ ​frequency​ ​in​ ​percentages.​ ​But​ ​the​ ​distributions​ ​of​ ​the​ ​two
are​ ​equal.

The​ ​pie​ ​chart​ ​separates​ ​the​ ​amount​ ​of​ ​defensive​ ​tackles​ ​into​ ​three​ ​groups,​ ​10-19,​ ​20-29,​ ​and
30-39.​ ​Each​ ​section​ ​of​ ​the​ ​pie​ ​chart​ ​shows​ ​the​ ​percentage​ ​of​ ​tackles​ ​for​ ​the​ ​particular​ ​group.
Our​ ​chart​ ​shows​ ​that​ ​48%​ ​of​ ​of​ ​the​ ​defensive​ ​tackles​ ​ranged​ ​from​ ​20-29,​ ​46%​ ​ranged​ ​from
10-19,​ ​and​ ​6%​ ​ranged​ ​from​ ​30-39.
The​ ​frequency​ ​table​ ​consists​ ​of​ ​four​ ​different​ ​columns.​ ​There​ ​are​ ​7​ ​limits​ ​between​ ​the​ ​numbers
10​ ​and​ ​37.​ ​The​ ​boundaries​ ​column​ ​is​ ​an​ ​important​ ​part​ ​of​ ​the​ ​frequency​ ​table.​ ​It​ ​is​ ​used​ ​to
make​ ​the​ ​histograms.​ ​The​ ​frequency​ ​table​ ​shows​ ​the​ ​frequency​ ​for​ ​each​ ​of​ ​the​ ​boundaries.​ ​We
used​ ​the​ ​frequency​ ​to​ ​calculate​ ​a​ ​percentage​ ​for​ ​each​ ​boundary,​ ​this​ ​is​ ​called​ ​the​ ​relative
frequency.​ ​ ​We​ ​also​ ​have​ ​a​ ​column​ ​for​ ​the​ ​cumulative​ ​frequency.​ ​Frequency​ ​tables​ ​are​ ​an​ ​easy
way​ ​to​ ​organize​ ​information​ ​that​ ​is​ ​needed​ ​to​ ​create​ ​different​ ​kinds​ ​of​ ​charts.​ ​Data​ ​such​ ​as​ ​the
amount​ ​of​ ​defensive​ ​tackles​ ​for​ ​each​ ​boundary​ ​can​ ​easily​ ​be​ ​collected​ ​through​ ​a​ ​frequency
table.

Frequency
Table:
Relative Cumulative
Limits Boundaries Frequency Frequency Frequency
10-13 9.5-13.5 2 4% 2
14-17 13.5-17.5 10 2% 12
18-21 17.5-21.5 15 3% 27
22-25 21.5-25.5 14 28% 41
26-29 25.5-29.5 5 10% 46
30-33 29.5-33.5 3 6% 49
34-37 33.5-37.5 1 2% 50
The​ ​pareto​ ​chart​ ​shows​ ​the​ ​frequency​ ​of​ ​the​ ​number​ ​of​ ​tackles​ ​of​ ​each​ ​player​ ​but​ ​they​ ​are​ ​in
order​ ​from​ ​highest​ ​to​ ​lowest,​ ​making​ ​it​ ​easier​ ​to​ ​see​ ​the​ ​number​ ​of​ ​tackles​ ​most​ ​common
among​ ​the​ ​players.

The​ ​ogive​ ​shows​ ​the​ ​amount​ ​of​ ​defensive​ ​tackles​ ​for​ ​every​ ​ten​ ​players.​ ​We​ ​collected​ ​data​ ​from
50​ ​of​ ​the​ ​top​ ​defensive​ ​tackles.​ ​The​ ​ogive​ ​shows​ ​the​ ​cumulative​ ​frequency​ ​for​ ​the​ ​data​ ​we
collected.​ ​We​ ​did​ ​not​ ​collected​ ​data​ ​over​ ​a​ ​certain​ ​time​ ​period,​ ​so​ ​we​ ​used​ ​the​ ​cumulative
frequency​ ​to​ ​create​ ​a​ ​line​ ​graph.
Each​ ​graph​ ​shows​ ​the​ ​same​ ​information​ ​for​ ​the​ ​number​ ​of​ ​tackles​ ​the​ ​players​ ​had.​ ​Although
each​ ​graph​ ​is​ ​in​ ​a​ ​different​ ​form,​ ​they​ ​all​ ​show​ ​that​ ​the​ ​most​ ​tackles​ ​for​ ​defensive​ ​players​ ​is
between​ ​22​ ​and​ ​25.