1.	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
		A.	mean	B.	mode
		C.	median	D.	range
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	2.	A realtor is examining data on average home prices in four separate neighborhoods for the past year. Which graph gives the most accurate representation of the home prices in a neighborhood?
		A.
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		C.
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	3.	Which is not a reason that measures of central tendency for a set of data can be misleading?
		A.	incomplete data	B.	too much data
		C.	inaccurate data	D.	outliers in the data
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	4.	An automobile dealer wants to sell a certain car for $20,000. If three other dealers in town are selling the same car for $15,000, $15,000, and $30,000, which measure of central should the car dealer use to describe this data to his customers?
		A.	range	B.	mean
		C.	mode	D.	median
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	5.	Both bar graphs show the amount it costs to heat a two-story house during the winter. Which graph is misleading? Explain.
		A.	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.
		B.	Graph A; there is no break in the vertical scale, the cost of heating the house in December and February are about the same.
		C.	Graph B; the months are not ordered from least to greatest cost.
		D.	Graph A; the months are not ordered from greatest to least cost.
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