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Attendance 2010 American League baseball games are
played under the designated hitter rule, meaning that
pitchers, often weak hitters, do not come to bat. Baseball
owners believe that the designated hitter rule means more
runs scored, which in turn means higher attendance. Is
there evidence that more fans attend games if the teams
score more runs? Data collected from American League
games during the 2010 season indicate a
0.667 between runs scored and the number of people at
the game. (mlb.mlb.com)a) Does the scatterplot indicate that it’s appropriate to
calculate a correlation? Explain.
b) Describe the association between attendance and runs
scored.
c) Does this association prove that the owners are right
that more fans will come to games if the teams score
more runs?
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