Find the z-score for each of LeBron's statistics. Round your answers to three decimal places. z-score for FGPct= z-score for Points= z-score for Assists= z-score for Steals= Use the z-scores to determine, relative to the other players in the NBA that season, which statistic of LeBron's is the most impressive. Which is the least impressive? The most impressive statistic of Lebron's is   FGPctPointsAssistsSteals . The least impressive statistic of Lebron's is   FGPctPointsAssistsSteals

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Statistics for NBA Players in 2014–2015

The dataset NBAPlayers2015 contains information on many variables for players in the NBA (National Basketball Association) during the 2014–2015 season. The dataset includes information for all players who averaged more than 24 minutes per game, and includes n=182 players and 24 variables.

Which Accomplishment of LeBron James is Most Impressive?

The table below shows the means and standard deviations for four of the variables in the NBAPlayers2015 dataset. FGPct is the field goal percentage, Points is total number of points scored during the season, Assists is total number of assists during the season, and Steals is total number of steals during the season. LeBron James had a field goal percentage of 0.488, scored 1743 points, had 511 assists, and had 109 steals.


Variable Mean Standard Deviation
FGPct 0.453 0.054
Points 915 357
Assists 205 149
Steals 67.5 33.6

Table 1 Summary statistics on NBA players

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Find the z-score for each of LeBron's statistics.

Round your answers to three decimal places.

z-score for FGPct=

z-score for Points=

z-score for Assists=

z-score for Steals=

Use the z-scores to determine, relative to the other players in the NBA that season, which statistic of LeBron's is the most impressive. Which is the least impressive?

The most impressive statistic of Lebron's is 
 FGPctPointsAssistsSteals
.

The least impressive statistic of Lebron's is 
 FGPctPointsAssistsSteals
.
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Given Data :

Variable Mean Standard Deviation
FGPct 0.453 0.054
Points 915 357
Assists 205 149
Steals 67.5 33.6

 FGPct is the field goal percentage, Points is total number of points scored during the season, Assists is total number of assists during the season, and Steals is total number of steals during the season. LeBron James had a field goal percentage of 0.488, scored 1743 points, had 511 assists, and had 109 steals.

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