A team of psychologists studied the concept of visualization in basketball, where players visualize making a basket before shooting the ball. They conducted an experiment in which 60 volunteer basketball players from a local youth traveling league in their state were randomly assigned to groups. The 30 players in Group A received visualization training, and the 30 players in Group B did not.
To ensure consistency for each player, they stood 22 feet from the basket at the same location on the basketball court. Each player was then instructed to attempt to make the basket until two consecutive baskets were made. The players who received visualization training were instructed to use visualization before attempting to make the basket. The total number of attempts, including the last two attempts, were recorded for each player.
Total Number of Attempts:
Group A:
Group B:
Was this a matched pairs experiment? Explain your reasoning as to why/why not:
Please complete the distribution chart below:
Group A:
Group B:
Evaluate each statement below as Absolutely True, Absolutely False, or Not Enough Information to determine:
Statement 1:
Statement 2:
Statement 3:
Statement 4:
For each player, who took more shots to make the basket?
Player:
Number of Shots:
The team of psychologists wants to generalize the conclusions made from this experiment to all youth basketball players. Did the team run this experiment in such a way that this can be done appropriately? Explain how you know and explain what they need to do differently to be able to do this.
1) The mode of the data set is 17 shots attempted.
2) Is there someone who didn't make any shots?