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. mode B. mean
    C. median D. standard deviation
    Hint

  2.   Which measure of variation does not depend on the mean?
    A. range B. mode
    C. variance D. standard deviation
    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 is not at even intervals. B. Months are out of order.
    C. Color is misleading. D. Bars appear to have cut in half.
    Hint

  5.   How could the graph be changed so it is not misleading?
   
    A. Write out the entire names of the months. B. Make the graph start at 0 to see all of the bars.
    C. Change the graph from vertical to horizontal. D. Change the color.
    Hint



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