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A graph is misleading if ______. |
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it has a title |
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it is a line graph with years labeled on the horizontal axis |
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it is a bar graph |
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there are no labels on either scale |
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Which statistic is misleading in the following set of test scores? 2, 85, 87, 88, 89 |
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mean |
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mode |
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upper quartile |
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median |
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Which statistic reveals the least about the increase in the following average gasoline prices for seven consecutive weeks? $1.05, $1.05, $1.05, $1.55, $1.65, $1.75, $2.00 |
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median |
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mean |
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range |
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mode |
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Which is not a reason that measures of central tendency for a set of data can be misleading? |
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inaccurate data |
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outliers in the data |
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incomplete data |
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too much data |
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Both bar graphs show the amount it costs to heat a two-story house during the winter. Which graph is misleading? Explain. |
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Graph B; the months are not ordered from least to greatest cost. |
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Graph A; there is no break in the vertical scale, the cost of heating the house in December and February are about the same. |
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Graph B; there is a break in the vertical scale, the cost of heating the house in January appears to be much greater than heating the house in November. |
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Graph A; the months are not ordered from greatest to least cost. |
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