Correlation Across and Within Groups 2008 LPGA & PGA Driving Distance and Accuracy.
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Correlation Across and Within Groups
2008 LPGA & PGA Driving Distance and Accuracy
Data Description
• Subjects: 157 LPGA Golfers (Female) 197 PGA Golfers (Male)
• 1998 Season (Through November 16)
• Measures: Average Drive Distance (Yards) Drive Accuracy (Percent)
Histogram of Average Drive - PGA & LPGA
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225 230 235 240 245 250 255 260 265 270 275 280 285 290 295 300 305 310 315 320
Average Drive
Fre
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cy
Evidence of 2 “Populations” of Golfers for Distance
Histogram of Average Drive - LPGA
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225 230 235 240 245 250 255 260 265 270 275 280 285 290 295 300 305 310 315 320
Average Drive
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Histogram of Average Drive - PGA
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225 230 235 240 245 250 255 260 265 270 275 280 285 290 295 300 305 310 315 320
Average Drive
Fre
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Histogram of Drive Accuracy - LPGA & PGA
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47.5 50 52.5 55 57.5 60 62.5 65 67.5 70 72.5 75 77.5 80 82.5
Percent Accuracy
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Less Evidence of Distinct “Populations” for Accuracy
Histogram of Drive Accuracy - LPGA
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47.5 50 52.5 55 57.5 60 62.5 65 67.5 70 72.5 75 77.5 80 82.5
Percent Accuracy
Fre
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Histogram of Drive Accuracy - PGA
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47.5 50 52.5 55 57.5 60 62.5 65 67.5 70 72.5 75 77.5 80 82.5
Percent Accuracy
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PGA/LPGA Distributions
• Average Drive All Golfers: =269.5 Females: F = 246.8 F =9.5
Males: M=287.6 M=8.6
• Drive Accuracy All Golfers: =65.2 Females: F = 67.6 F =5.8
Males: M=63.4 M=5.5
Combined PGA/LPGA 2008
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200 225 250 275 300 325
Average Drive
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Moderate Negative Correlation: r = -0.52
LPGA 2008 - Driving Accuracy versus Distance
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220 225 230 235 240 245 250 255 260 265 270 275
Average Drive
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ing
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PGA 2008 - Driving Accuracy versus Distance
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Distance
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rM = -0.61
rF = -0.42
Summary
• Average Drive is well described by Normal Distribution, but differs by Gender (M > F)
• Driving Accuracy is mound shaped, but fit to Normal appears weaker than Average Drive. It also differs by Gender, but less so (F > M)
• Across groups, there is a moderate negative correlation between Average Drive and Accuracy, when controlling by Gender, the Male association is stronger than Female.
• “Smoothed Normal Densities on next two slides.
Normal Distributions of Average Drive - LPGA/PGA
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0.015
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0.025
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0.035
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0.045
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200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 310 320
Distance
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f(y)-Female
f(y)-Male
Normal Distributions of Drive Accuracy - LPGA/PGA
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45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85
Accuracy Percent
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f(y)-Female
f(y)-Male
