The second project we did in Math that tied in with our exhibition was our Athlete Statistics project. We were to choose an athlete in whatever sport to study. We would have to make an essay about their statistics in a part of their career. For example, our athlete Steve Youngs, we focused on his ability to make touchdowns. We were to sort of compare and observe two parts of their career, in order to prove a question or statement made. We would use graphs and a special DOTPLOT simulation to observe. We were to create a conclusion with data that proved our statement/ques. correct or not.
Our Project: Sammie and I! We focused on former San Francisco 49ers player, Steve Young. We asked the question "Does a football player's ability worsen when they grow older?" We tried proving this by comparing years of career, first half being from 1985 - 1990, and the second half being from 1991 - 1999
We concluded that NO, a football players ability does not change because of their age. Read more below.
Improvements Made? In general it was difficult to write the essay, and the dotplot simulation was complicated. But after several drafts and a lot of explaining from Nick, we were able to thoroughly understand the simulation as well as how to write the essay.
Reflection: This project was a good second project to do. It applies many skills that we never really do. Therefore I believe I learned a lot from this project. I learned how to use a simulation, how to write an essay, how to format an essay, etc. I believe Sammie and I did well on this project and that it was a good way of understanding statistics better.
Future? If I were to do this again, I wouldn't really change anything. I thought we chose a good topic and a good athlete, and that we did it well with understanding everything.