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The document analyzes a dataset of basketball players. It finds that: 1) Players born early in the year are over-represented, supporting Malcom Gladwell's theory. The months of January and February had the highest numbers of players. 2) The average highest paid positions are center (C) and guard (G), which have similar average salaries. 3) Canadian players are not, on average, the highest paid compared to other countries in the data. 4) A Kolmogorov-Smirnov test found the salary data to be normally distributed, with some outliers removed. It then discusses undertaking a reliability analysis on a summated scale of 7 items, finding a

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The document analyzes a dataset of basketball players. It finds that: 1) Players born early in the year are over-represented, supporting Malcom Gladwell's theory. The months of January and February had the highest numbers of players. 2) The average highest paid positions are center (C) and guard (G), which have similar average salaries. 3) Canadian players are not, on average, the highest paid compared to other countries in the data. 4) A Kolmogorov-Smirnov test found the salary data to be normally distributed, with some outliers removed. It then discusses undertaking a reliability analysis on a summated scale of 7 items, finding a

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DATA ANALYTICS Individual Assignment 1


Question – 1

A. Using the data set provided, create an appropriate graph to show whether Mr. Gladwell’s theory
is true. Comment on whether or not the theory is true.
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As we can observe from the graph, the players who were born at early months of the year
(January, February, March, April and May) are half of the rest of the players. (%49.5 of the rest of the
year.) Especially, the players who were born in January and February have the highest numbers of players
in the data. The data contains 14 invalid variable which were omitted ın the graph.

B. What position is, on average, the highest paid position?

There are 2 positions (C and G) which are paid highest salary compare to other players’
positions. They are highly close to each other. The most highest paid positions is G position.
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C. Are Canadian born players, on average, paid higher than players born in other countries?

When compare salaries with respect to Country of Birth, Obviously Canadian players are not
earning the highest level of salaries in the data. They are not even top 3 paid countries.
D. Analyze and comment on the distribution of salaries (i.e. are they normally distributed?)
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As a result of Kolmogorov-Smirnoff test which is calculated 0.224 and higher than 0.05 in the
SPSS, statistically, it is not significant. The data is normally distributed. There are multiple outliers whichwere omitted for
test of normality.
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Question 2.

A. Create a variable ssupport that is a summated scale, comprising seven items (see
Appendix 2). Undertake a reliability analysis for this scale and comment on the
acceptability of the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient.

The reliability test result is 0.697 and it is an acceptable reliability level since it is
between 0.6 and 0.7. So that we can conclude that the data is reliable.
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