How Statistics Have Affected My Life.
Statistics has affected my life in so many ways that it would be impossible to even list all of these ways. So, I"m just going to pick a few statistics that I believe were a pretty big influence on my life. The first one that comes to my mind is the statistics involved in baseball. I played this wonderful game for twelve years of my life and statistics helped me know which areas of the game I was succeeding in and which areas of the game I needed improvement on. The most common statistic in baseball is of course the batting average. This statistic is important to all baseball players because it portrays your performance as a hitter and without good hitters the game would have no scoring. The batting average is calculated by taking the number of at bats you have and dividing it by the number of hits you have during those at bats. I was able to keep my batting average around .450 (or 45%) all the way through high school. This was important because if I had not been able to perform this well I would have been cut from the team and missed out on the sport I love so much. Other statistics in baseball include slugging percentage, ERA (earned run average), and on-base percentage.
Another statistic that has affected my life in a significant way my scoring percentages on the national merit test. As you know, the University of Oklahoma prides itself in the number of national merits it receives. I unfortunately was unable to become a national merit because I was only in the 97 percentile range. To become national merit I believe you have to be in the 99 percentile range. This has had a negative affect on my life in a couple of ways. First of all I didn't get the prestigious title of national merit scholar. Second of all I didn't get near the kind of scholarships I would have gotten if I had been able to achieve this status. Because of this I have to work during my collegiate career to help pay for college.
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I spent several minutes looking up at the "intimidator" board with all of Barbe's program stats that included things such as: players taken in the MLB draft, 30 win seasons (my school has never had a 30 win season and this school has a stat on how many 30 win seasons they have had), highest winning percentage in a season, and most home runs in a season, all of which I was amazed to see. Next to the stats board was a huge sign that read "Home of the 2014 National Champion Barbe Buccaneers". ...
Especially a drug that can make your stats some what tainted. ... Barry bonds shouldn't be denied access to the hall of fame when his stats are hall of fame numbers but the league weren't as strict as they are now with the drug policy. ... To be honest he should be in the hall of fame due to his stats and great performance and as well as his countless awards that he won in his long career as a baseball player. Even before the steroids he was a future Hall of Fame and numbers and stats don't lie....
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His career stats are nothing to ignore with 1647 runs scored, 3184 hits, 431 homeruns, 1695 runs batted in, and a batting average of .285. These stats don't come from an average baseball player in the Majors. To have these stats and awards you must be a fabulous athlete with much talent and skill. ...
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