Rich Ulrich wrote: > On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 15:24:14 -0500, Gerard C Blais > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Maybe the 162 is related to number of games in a major league regular >>season. >> > > I repeat what I posted a week ago: > That is the number of games in the season, > for U.S. major league baseball.
As I recall, the statement involving the number 162 was related to the LONGEST hitting streak ... I see no reason that a hitting streak has to stop at the end of one season ... see, for example, Rube Marquardt's record for consecutive pitching wins, which carries over from one season to another. Also, teams have played 163 or more games in a season. Finally, why would a statistics problem require the knowledge of 162 games in a MLB season for a student to come up with a proper answer? Stupid question, if that's what it was. -- Paige Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kodak.com "It's nothing until I call it!" -- Bill Klem, NL Umpire "When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance" -- Lee Ann Womack . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
