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The table below contains information about employees and salaries for a computer manufacturer. What average would the company use if they were trying to attract new employees? |
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median |
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mode |
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mean |
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range |
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If an employee representative is trying to show that the employees should get a raise, which average salary should be used? |
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32,000 |
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20,000 |
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26,500 |
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29,250 |
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Is the graph below misleading? Why or why not? |
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No; The graph is easy to read. |
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No; Every store has a price listed. |
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Yes; The vertical axis is not uniform and does not include zero. |
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Yes; The information is presented in a bar graph. |
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Ben's math scores for the grading period are 70, 91, 94, 98, 85, 98, 95 and 93. If Ben wants to describe how well he has done in class, what should he say his average is? |
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median |
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range |
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mode |
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mean |
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Which measure best describes the set of data. 1500 1000 900 950 800 850 500 |
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median |
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mean |
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mode |
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range |
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