Ben Adams April 26, 2013 Stat 461

Worth of the Weight

The National Football League (NFL) is compiled of some of the best athletes in the world. Recently the league has been marred with controversy over player safety, especially with the topic of concussions and their long-term effects. In such a dangerous game, only the big and strong survive. The NFC East is one of the most competitive divisions in football featuring the Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, New York Giants, and Dallas Cowboys. My goal, using a completely randomized design, is to see if there is a statistical difference in the weights of the starting offenses of all four of these teams. Null Hypotheses: Mean Weight of Team 1 = Mean of T2 = Mean of T3 = Mean of T4 Alternative Hypotheses: At least one weight is different from the rest. DATA: The data was collected from the official websitesi of the respective NFL teams and contains the weight in pounds of each of the 11 projected starters on each teams offense. The data was compiled and placed into Minitab. The following outcome was produced:
One-way ANOVA: Weight versus Team
Source Team Error Total DF 3 40 43 SS 761 111700 112461 MS 254 2793 F 0.09 P 0.965

S = 52.84

R-Sq = 0.68%

R-Sq(adj) = 0.00% Individual 95% CIs For Mean Based on Pooled StDev --------+---------+---------+---------+(---------------*---------------) (---------------*---------------) (---------------*---------------) (---------------*---------------) --------+---------+---------+---------+240 260 280 300

Level T1 T2 T3 T4

N 11 11 11 11

Mean 256.27 259.91 258.55 267.36

StDev 56.40 52.05 50.46 52.28

Pooled StDev = 52.84

(Another graph here shows a statistical F-value of .09 which is smaller than 2.84, putting it in the acceptance region) Results: The key value to look at here is the p-value, which came out to be 0.965. The pvalue of 0.965 is greater than .05, meaning there is NO significant difference in the weight of each starting offense. Because of this outcome we can say that we accept the null hypothesis that the average weight of all four teams are equal and there is no need for a mean comparison test. Pertaining to weight, all four teams are on an equal playing field. Appendix:
Philadelphia Eagles (Team 1) Washington Redskins (T2) New York Giants (T3) Dallas Cowboys (T4)

215 Pounds 208 175 328 302 295 310 321 255 198 212

217 218 189 328 284 304 320 305 247 212 220

218 205 204 319 305 312 320 304 256 208 208

230 215 217 308 320 325 320 325 261 220 200

www.philadelphiaeagles.com, http://www.redskins.com, http://www.giants.com, http://www.dallascowboys.com