1.
A baseball owner is trying to convince people that he is spending too much on his players. He is paying 10 of them $1 million, 8 of them $2 million, and 3 of them $15 million. To support his case, which measure of central tendency should he use?
A.
standard deviation
B.
mean
C.
median
D.
mode
Hint
2.
Which measure of variation does not depend on the mean?
A.
standard deviation
B.
range
C.
variance
D.
mode
Hint
3.
What appears to happen in the graph?
A.
Sales have slightly increased.
B.
Sales have doubled each month.
C.
Sales have dropped.
D.
Sales have cut in half each month.
Hint
4.
Why is the graph misleading?
A.
Scale should be smaller.
B.
Months are out of order.
C.
The dimensions other than height have changed.
D.
Scale is not at even intervals.
Hint
5.
What appears to happen in the graph?
A.
Production dropped in half each month.
B.
Production has doubled each month.
C.
Production increased each month.
D.
Production has decreased slightly.
Hint