Extracted text: Major League Baseball (MLB) consists of teams that play in the American League and the National League. MLB collects a wide variety of team and player statistics. Some of the statistics often used to evaluate pitching performance are as follows: • ERA: The average number of earned runs given up by the pitcher per nine innings. An earned run is any run that the opponent scores off a particular pitcher except for runs scored as a result of errors. • SO/IP: The average number of strikeouts per inning pitched. • HR/IP: The average number of home runs per inning pitched. • R/IP: The number of runs given up per inning pitched. The following data show values for these statistics for a random sample of 20 pitchers from the American League for one full season. Player Тeam W ERA SO/IP HR/IP R/IP Verlander, J DET 24 2.40 1.00 0.09 0.29 Beckett, J BOS 13 7 2.88 0.92 0.12 0.35 Wilson, C TEX 16 7 2.93 0.93 0.08 0.40 Sabathia, C ΝY 19 8. 3.01 0.97 0.06 0.36 Haren, D LAA 16 10 3.16 0.80 0.08 0.37 McCarthy, B OAK 3.33 0.72 0.07 0.42 Santana, E LAA 11 12 3.39 0.77 0.10 0.42 Lester, J BOS 15 3.47 0.94 0.11 0.39 Hernandez, F SEA 14 14 3.48 0.96 0.08 0.43 Buehrle, M CWS 13 3.60 0.54 0.09 0.46 Pineda, M SEA 10 3.73 1.00 0.12 0.43 Colon, B NYY 8 10 4.00 0.83 0.14 0.53 Tomlin, J CLE 12 7 4.26 0.53 0.14 0.47 Pavano, C MIN 13 4.30 0.45 0.09 0.54 Danks, J Cws 8. 12 4.32 0.79 0.11 0.53 Guthrie, J BAL 17 4.32 0.62 0.14 0.54 Lewis, C TEX 14 10 4.41 0.83 0.17 0.51 Scherzer, M DET 15 4.42 0.88 0.14 0.51 Davis, W TB 11 10 4.46 0.57 0.14 0.53 Porcello, R DET 14 4.75 0.57 0.10 0.56
Extracted text: a. What are the values of R? and R (to 3 decimals), if the average number of runs is the dependent variable and the average number of strikeouts per inning pitched and the average number of home runs per inning pitched are the independent variables. Enter negative value as negative number. R/IP = SO/IP + HR/IP R? b. Does the estimated regression equation provide a good fit to the data? Explain. (to 1 decimal) The fit is - Select your answer - † because the nature of the data is able to explain % of the variability in the number of runs given up per inning pitched. c. Suppose the earned run average (ERA) is used as the dependent variable in part (a) instead of the average number of runs given up per inning pitched. What are the values of R? and R? (to 3 decimals). Enter negative value as negative number. ERA + SO/IP + HR/IP R = Does the estimated regression equation provide a good fit to the data? Explain. (to 1 decimal) The fit is- select your answer - ecause the nature of the data is to explain the variability in +