Math 215-02

Statistics Project

Name: Angela Puopolo and Andrew Yancik

1. PROBLEM:
Data from 2013-2014 NHL season was collected to determine if wins and points had
anything to do with each other for the 30 NHL teams
2. DATA:
Points and Wins were collected for each team. See Attached Sheet for data.
3. DATA:
The data that I used for the analysis can be found at the following website:
http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm?
fetchKey=20142ALLSAAALL&sort=team.teamName&viewName=summary
4. ANALYSIS:
POINTS:
Mean=92.23, Median=92.00, Standard Deviation=15.26
WINS:
Mean=41, Median=39.50, Standard Deviation=7.97
5. ANALYSIS:

Scatter Diagram
55
50
45

f(x) = 0.51x - 6.36

R = 0.97

40
Wins

35
30
25
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50

60

70

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Points

Correlation Coefficient= 0.9825

There seems to be a strong positive linear association between points and wins.
6. ANALYSIS:

Regression Equation: y=0.5135x-6.3646, RSquare= 96.5%

7. CONCLUSION:
There seems to be a positive association between the variables, points and
wins. As the points for a team increases, the wins for that team tends to increase
as well. The reported RSquare value is .9652 which is 96.5% of the variance in
wins can be accounted for by the variable points scored. Thus, the regression
equation can be used as a good predictor of wins in the NHL. For example, if a team
earns 130 points during the season, I would predict that they would have about 60
wins during the season (y=0.5135(130)-6.3646, y= 60.3904)