With the child abuse case leveled against Adrian Peterson for whipping and injuring his son, his team, The Vikings, has deactivated him pending resolution of the case (Herskovitz and Johnson). A survey was conducted amongst his fans to determine their opinions on the treatment meted on the player by his team and the NFL community. The survey was conducted on monkeysurvey.com website. The respondents, Adrian Peterson’s fans, were queried for their opinion on deactivation of Adrian Peterson by the Vikings Team. The response was graded as follows: 1-Strongly Disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-Neutral, 4-Agree, and 5-Strongly Agree.
Values obtained: 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 5, 5, 4, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 5, 5, 4, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 5, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1
As can be seen from the above results, the box which represents the mid values covers the range from 1to 3.5. Also, the median of the data is at 1.5, which is between the Strongly Disagree and Disagree mark. The rest of the values are sparsely distributed between the 1.5 to 5 marks (Box and Whisker Plot Maker).
As marked by the box, the majority’s opinions range from Strongly Disagree to Neutral. This indicates a majority of Adrian’s fans disagree with his suspension. The rest of the respondents range between 3.5 and 5 agree or strongly agree with Adrian’s suspension (Purplemath).
Works Cited
Purplemath. Box-and-Whisker Plots: Quartiles, Boxes, and Whiskers. n.p., 2014. Web, 27 Nov 2014.
Herskovitz, Jon and Johnson, Eric. NFL star Peterson charged with injuring child, dropped from Sunday's game. Yahoo Sports, 2014. Web, 27 Nov 2014.
Box and Whisker Plot Maker. Math Warehouse. Mathway, 2014. Web, 27 Nov 2014.
