Case study 1:
You work for the athletics department at a University. The coach of the basketball team assembled who was perceived to be top five players into the first team and the second tier of five players into the second team. Yet, the second team continually beat the first team in practice games. The coach wants to find out why. Write a recommendation for how the coach can use statistics to understand why things are happening the way they are.
Case study 2:
You work for a large manufacturer and you’re in charge of manufacturing three different items (pick any three items you like). You have a big meeting coming up where you have to explain what portion of your manufacturing is focused on which item as well as production times and costs of each item. Write an instructional memo to your statistics team explaining to them what you want from them (including each variable, any measures of central tendency and dispersion as well as any graphs and charts) to be able to do your presentation.