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

  2.   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. median B. range
    C. mode D. mean
    Hint

  3.   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. mode B. median
    C. range D. mean
    Hint

  4.   Which statistic gives the most meaningful information about the central tendency of the data {23, 25, 26, 26, 27, 29, 29, 30, 450, 450, 450}?
    A. median B. range
    C. mean D. mode
    Hint

  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 A; the months are not ordered from greatest to least cost.
    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 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.
    Hint



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