DATA7-20:
Data on NBA players' salaries and their determinants compiled by
Michael Pepek.
SALARY = Salary earned by players in the 1989-90 NBA season, in
thousands of dollars. Source: San Diego Union, Dec.10,
1989, pg H10. (Range 1000 - 3750).
YRS = Number of years that player has been in the NBA,
Range 1 - 13.
HT = Height of the players in inches. Source: the Sporting
News Pro-Basketball Handbook, 1989-90. (Range 73 - 88)
WT = The weight of each player in pounds. Pro-Basketball
Handbook. (Range 175 - 290).
AGE = The age of each player determined by their age in 1989.
For example, if their birthdate is 4-5-63, then their age
is determined by 1989-1963 = 26 years old, Pro-Basketball
Handbook. (Range 23 - 36).
GAMES = Number of games that each player played in the 88-89 season,
HOOPS - basketball stats book 1989-90. (Range 6 - 82).
GAMESTRT = Number of games out of the total games played in that
the player started in. HOOPS. (Range 0 - 82).
FORWARD = Dummy variable for whether the player is primarily a
forward. 1 if forward, 0 if not. SD Union.
GUARD = Dummy var for if player is primarilly a Guard. 1 = guard,
0 not. SD Union.
MIN = Number of minutes that each player played during
season, HOOPS. (Range 189 - 3255).
FGA = Field goal attempts. All shots taken by the player.
This does not include free-throws, Sporting News, May 1989.
(Range 104 - 1881).
FGPRCNT = The fraction of shots that each player made. 1.000 is
perfect shooting. Sporting News. (Range 0.431 - 0.579).
FTA = Free throw attempts. The total number of free throws
attempted by each player after being fouled. Sporting News.
(Range 19 - 918).
FTPRCNT = Fraction of the shot free throws that were made. #made/#shot
Sporting News. (Range 0.553 - 0.911).
REBOUNDS = The number of totsl rebounds by each player. BRDS is
short for boards. Sporting New. (Range 37 - 1105).
ASSISTS = Number of assists by player. An assist is when one
player makes a pass to another player who scores because
of that pass. Sporting News. (Range 29 - 1118).
STEALS = Number of times that player stole ball away from other
team. Sporting News. (Range 6 - 564).
BLOCKS = number of blocked shots. Sporting News. (Range 5 - 315).
POINTS = number of points that the player scored in the full
season. Sporting News. (Range 116 - 2633).
AVGPNTS = the average points per games played. #points/#games played.
Sporting News. (Range 4.7 - 32.5).
RACE = Dummy variable to tell whether the player is white or
non-white. 0 = white, 1 = non-white.
Sporting News NBA Guide 1987-88.
EW = Dummy var to tell whether each player is Source the east or
Source the west devision. 1 = east 0 = west Boston Celtics
1988-89 Media Guide
TRD = Dummy var telling whether player has been traded in the
last two years. 1 = has been traded 0 = has not.
Sporting News.
WINTM = Dummy var telling whether the team that the player is on
had more than 45 wins out of the 82 game schedule.
Sporting News.
ALLSTAT = Dummy variable telling whether the player is on the All
Star team in the 1990-1991 season. The reason for using
this years AS team is going on the theory that players make
it onto the AS team the year after they deserved it. 1 =
on the AS team 0 = not. San Diego Union.
XPAN = dummy variable denoting whether the team is an
expansion team in the last 2 seasons. 1 = expansion team
Source : Boston Celtics Media Guide.
SAMPLE 1 56
READ (DATA7-20) SALARY YRS HT WT AGE GAMES GAMESTRT FORWARD GUARD &
MIN FGA FGPRCNT FTA FTPRCNT REBOUNDS ASSISTS STEALS &
BLOCKS POINTS AVGPNTS RACE EW TRD WINTM ALLSTAR XPAN