1.   Baseball players are trying to show that they deserve more money. Their owner is paying 10 of them $1 million, 8 of them $2 million, and 3 of them $15 million. To support their case, which measure of central tendency should they use?
    A. median B. standard deviation
    C. mean D. mode
    Hint

  2.   What appears to happen in the graph?
   
    A. Sales have slightly increased. B. Sales have cut in half each month.
    C. Sales have dropped. D. Sales have doubled each month.
    Hint

  3.   How could the graph be changed so it is not misleading?
   
    A. Change the vertical scale so that the maximum value is 100. B. Color should be added.
    C. Diameters of the cans should be the same. D. Change the graph from vertical to horizontal.
    Hint

  4.   Why is the graph misleading?
   
    A. Months are out of order. B. Scale is not at even intervals.
    C. Bars appear to have cut in half. D. Color is misleading.
    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 color. D. Change the graph from vertical to horizontal.
    Hint



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