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Major League Baseball Salary and Performance Data,1986. Data
Descriptive
TypeOfResource
Dataset
TitleInfo
Title
Major League Baseball Salary and Performance Data,1986. Data
TitleInfo
(type = alternative)
Title
Analysis of Baseball Salary Data
SubTitle
Contribution to Special Statistical Graphics Exposition
TitleInfo
(type = alternative)
Title
What they Make
SubTitle
An Analysis of Major League Baseball Salaries
Identifier
(type = hdl)
http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore00000002103.Dataset.m000002562
Identifier
(type = doi)
doi:10.7282/T3TT4QNJ
Genre
(authority = RURes_RUResearchGenre)
Research data
Genre
(authority = RURes_DataTypeOrMethodology)
Multivariate data
Genre
(authority = RURes_DataTypeOrMethodology)
Quantitative discrete data
Subject
(authority = lcsh)
Topic
Baseball--United States--Statistics
Subject
(authority = lcsh)
Topic
Graphical modeling (Statistics)
Abstract
(type = Abstract)
The data set has performance and salary information on North American Major League Baseball players during the 1986 season. This was the 1988 ASA Graphics Section Poster Session data set, organized
by Lorraine Denby on the topic "Why They Make What They Make - An Analysis of Major-League Baseball Salaries." The data consist of three files containing data on the regular and leading substitute hitters in 1986, the regular pitchers in 1986, and the
team statistics. The salary data were taken from Sports
Illustrated, April 20, 1987. The 1986 and career statistics were taken from The 1987 Baseball Encyclopedia Update published by Collier Books,
Macmillan Publishing Company, New York. The team attendance figures were obtained from the Elias Sports Bureau, personal conversation.
by Lorraine Denby on the topic "Why They Make What They Make - An Analysis of Major-League Baseball Salaries." The data consist of three files containing data on the regular and leading substitute hitters in 1986, the regular pitchers in 1986, and the
team statistics. The salary data were taken from Sports
Illustrated, April 20, 1987. The 1986 and career statistics were taken from The 1987 Baseball Encyclopedia Update published by Collier Books,
Macmillan Publishing Company, New York. The team attendance figures were obtained from the Elias Sports Bureau, personal conversation.
PhysicalDescription
Extent
(unit = data sets)
3
InternetMediaType
text/csv
InternetMediaType
application/vnd.ms-excel
InternetMediaType
text/plain
TableOfContents
Hitter file (24 variables) -- Pitcher file (19 variables) -- Team file (9 variables)
TargetAudience
(authority = Domain)
Statistics
Note
(type = formats available)
Available as Microsoft Excel workbook (xslx); comma separated values (csv) and original plain text.
Note
(type = supplementary materials)
Includes manifest and codebook.
Name
(type = personal)
NamePart
(type = family)
Denby
NamePart
(type = given)
Lorraine
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = marcrelator);
(type = text)
Compiler
Name
(type = corporate)
NamePart
American Statistical Association. Statistical Graphics Section
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = marcrelator);
(type = text)
Sponsor
OriginInfo
CopyrightDate
(encoding = w3cdtf);
(keyDate = yes);
(qualifier = exact)
1987-09-02
RelatedItem
(type = isAssociatedWith)
TitleInfo
Title
The Independent Sign Bias: Gaining Insight from Multiple Linear Regression, Proceedings of the Twenty First Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society./ Michael J. Pazzani and Stephen D. Bay
Identifier
(type = hdl)
http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore30016700001.Manuscript.000056844
RelatedItem
(type = host)
TitleInfo
Title
Major League Baseball Salary and Performance Data, 1986-1987
Identifier
(type = local)
rucore00000002102
Extension
DescriptiveEvent
Type
Related publication
Label
Article references the data set, Major League Baseball and Performance Data, 1986
Detail
Article references the data set, Major League Baseball and Performance Data, 1986
AssociatedObject
Type
Article
Relationship
Is referenced by
Name
Pazzani, Michael J. and Bay, Stephen D. (1999) The Independent Sign Bias: Gaining Insight from Multiple Linear Regression in Proceedings of the Twenty First Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.
Identifier
(type = hdl)
http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore30016700001.Manuscript.000056844
Detail
Article references the data set, Major League Baseball and Performance Data, 1986
Classification
(authority = RUresearch);
(edition = Data)
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Rights
RightsDeclaration
(AUTHORITY = RU_Research)
Copyright for research resources published in RUcore is retained by the copyright holder. By virtue of its appearance in this open access medium, you are free to use this resource, with proper attribution, in educational and other non-commercial settings. Other uses, such as reproduction or republication, may require the permission of the copyright holder.
Copyright
Status
Copyright protected
Availability
Status
Open
Reason
Permission or license
Note
Permission received from the repository of record, Statlib at the Carnegie Mellon University.
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Technical
ContentModel
Dataset
Generation
Born Digital Source
PreservationLevel
full
MimeType
(TYPE = file)
application/csv
MimeType
(TYPE = file)
application/excel
MimeType
(TYPE = file)
text/plain
MimeType
(TYPE = container)
application/x-tar
FileSize
(UNIT = bytes)
194560
Checksum
(METHOD = SHA1)
80a5a263a77e0a73a5f9d4f3a27b5fb5dba6e6dc
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