Ted Williams played for the Boston Red Sox from 1939-1960.  Many people credit him with being the greatest hitter of all time.  Unfortunately, his career totals are somewhat less impressive than others because his career was interrupted from 1943-1945 by World War II and from 1952-1953 by the Korean War.  Some assert that if he had been playing during the war years, he would have broken Hank Aaron’s home run record of 755 and runs batted in (RBI) record of 2297.  Below are Williams’ statistics.   Year Number of home runs Number of RBIs 1939 31 145 1940 23 113 1941 37

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Ted Williams played for the Boston Red Sox from 1939-1960.  Many people credit him with being the greatest hitter of all time.  Unfortunately, his career totals are somewhat less impressive than others because his career was interrupted from 1943-1945 by World War II and from 1952-1953 by the Korean War.  Some assert that if he had been playing during the war years, he would have broken Hank Aaron’s home run record of 755 and runs batted in (RBI) record of 2297.  Below are Williams’ statistics.

 

Year

Number of home runs

Number of RBIs

1939

31

145

1940

23

113

1941

37

120

1942

36

137

1943

0*

0*

1944

0*

0*

1945

0*

0*

1946

38

123

1947

32

114

1948

25

127

1949

43

159

1950

28

97

1951

30

126

1952

1*

3*

1953

13*

34*

1954

29

89

1955

28

83

1956

24

82

1957

38

87

1958

26

85

1959

10

43

1960

29

72

a.Excluding the data for the war years (indicated by *) find a linear regression equation for RBIs. 

b.What is the coefficient of determination? What does it mean about this data? 

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