Question
After scoring a touchdown in football, a coach must make a decision on whether the team should kick for one extra point or attempt a two-point conversion. A coach argues that the team should always kick the extra point because it is the safer play to guarantee a point.
He argues further that in one National Football League (NFL) season, teams were successful kicking the extra point 94% of the time while they were only successful on the two-point conversion 49% of the time.
Write an argument to support the fact that a team should choose the two-point conversion based on the expected values you found in Questions 2 and 3. Be sure to include standard deviation in your answer as well.
He argues further that in one National Football League (NFL) season, teams were successful kicking the extra point 94% of the time while they were only successful on the two-point conversion 49% of the time.
Write an argument to support the fact that a team should choose the two-point conversion based on the expected values you found in Questions 2 and 3. Be sure to include standard deviation in your answer as well.
Answers
Damon
Lets say you score 100 touch downs
kicking you get 0.94 * 100 * 1 = 94 points
running you get 0.49* 100 * 2 = 98 points
kicking you get 0.94 * 100 * 1 = 94 points
running you get 0.49* 100 * 2 = 98 points