Basketball - it's a tall man's sport - or is it?

Basketball is a tall man's sport in most regards. Shooting, rebounding, blocking shots - the taller player seems to have the advantage. But is that still true when shooting free throws?

The students will use the data of NBA players to construct scatter plots to determine if there is a correlation between the height of a basketball player and his free throw percentage. The students will use technology to create the graphs, find the regression line and calculate the correlation coefficient.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
Grade Level(s): 9, 10
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Suggested Technology: Graphing Calculators, Computers for Students, Internet Connection, Interactive Whiteboard, LCD Projector, GeoGebra Free Software (Download the Free GeoGebra Software)
Instructional Time: 55 Minute(s)
Keywords: scatter plot, basketball, correlation, statistics
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan
Resource Collection: FCR-STEMLearn Algebra

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