• You will need to collect the following data.
  • The number of wins each professional baseball team had during the regular season in 1996.
  • The total team payroll for each professional baseball team in 1996.
  • The population of each city with a professional baseball team.
• Put all of your data in a chart. Data should include:
  • City
  • Team Mascot
  • Team Payroll
  • Number of regular season wins

You will need a straightedge and graph paper to complete this activity.

You will need Internet clearance to complete this activity.

Answer each of the following questions in a Word document:

1. How much would you expect to pay a major league baseball team if you wanted them to win 100 games?

2. How many people would you expect to find in a city if the major league baseball team in that city only won 50 games?

3. Describe each of the three plots as having a positive correlation, negative correlation, or no correlation.

4. In Plot I, what does m value in the slope-intercept form represent?

5. In Plot II, what does the b value in the slope-intercept form represent?

6. What does the line on Plot I say about the relationship between the payroll of a major league baseball team and the number of games you can expect them to win?

7. What does the line on Plot II say about the relationship between the population of a major league baseball team's city and the number of games you can expect them to win?

8. What does the line on Plot III say about the relationship between the population of a major league baseball team's city and payroll of the major league baseball team in that city?

9. Examine your answer to #6. Some people are upset by this. Why?

10. Do you think all teams have an equal chance at getting to and winning The World Series? Why or why not?

Extra Credit: Do a team payroll vs wins vs population analysis of a different professional sport. You will need to answer all questions and complete all Plots from above.