1.   A graph is misleading if ______.
    A. it has a title B. it is a bar graph
    C. it is a line graph with years labeled on the horizontal axis D. there are no labels on either scale
    Hint

  2.   Which statistic is misleading in the following set of test scores?
2, 85, 87, 88, 89
    A. mean B. mode
    C. upper quartile D. median
    Hint

  3.   Which is not a reason that measures of central tendency for a set of data can be misleading?
    A. too much data B. outliers in the data
    C. inaccurate data D. incomplete data
    Hint

  4.   Which statistic gives the most meaningful information about what price you should expect to pay for a certain baseball bat if the following data are a set of prices at different stores for the bat. {10, 10, 10, 10, 10.50, 11, 12, 14, 18}.
    A. range B. mode
    C. median D. mean
    Hint

  5.   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
    Hint



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