Usa today reports that ncaa colleges and universities are paying higher salaries to a newly recruited football coach compared to what they paid their previous football coach. (usa today, february 12, 2013). the annual base salaries for the previous head football coach and the new head football coach at 23 schools are given in the datafile coaches..
(a) determine the median annual salary for a previous head football coach and a new head football coach.
(b) compute the range for salaries for both previous and new head football coaches.,
(c) compute the standard deviation for salaries for both previous and new head football coaches.
(d) based on your answers to (a) and (b), comment on any differences between the annual base salary a school pays a new head football coach compared to what it paid its previous head football coach.
coaches
school previous coach's salary new coach's salary
arkansas 850,000 3,200,000
arkansas state 856,210 856,210
auburn 3,500,000 2,300,000
cincinnati 1,769,648 2,200,000
colorado 725,000 2,003,500
florida international 522,183 500,000
idaho 375,797 390,000
kent state 300,000 375,000
kentucky 1,700,000 2,001,250
north carolina state 1,936,225 1,800,000
northern illinoise 420,000 375,000
oregon 3,500,000 1,800,000
purdue 970,000 2,020,000
sa jose state 401,820 525,000
south florida 2,000,000 1,150,000
southern mississippi 790,000 700,000
tennessee 2,000,000 2,960,000
texas tech 2,150,000 2,000,000
texas-el paso 267,800 280,000
western kentucky 475,000 850,000
western michigan 377,250 392,500
wisconsin 2,600,000 1,800,000