In-class activity #10

What is the correlation between teamRank and wins2012?

teamRank <- c(1,2,3,3,4,4,4,4,5,5)
wins2012 <- c(94,88,95,88,93,94,98,97,93,94)
cor(teamRank, wins2012)

[1] 0.3477129

A value of 0.35 implies a slight correlation between regular season wins and winning playoffs

What is the correlation between teamRank and wins2013?

teamRank <- c(1,2,3,3,4,4,4,4,5,5)
wins2013 <- c(97,97,92,93,92,96,94,96,92,90)
cor(teamRank, wins2013)

[1] -0.6556945

A value of -0.66 implies there is no correlation between regular season wins and winning playoffs Overall, these values show no correlation between regular season wins and winning playoffs