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.
mean
B.
mode
C.
standard deviation
D.
median
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2.
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.
mode
C.
standard deviation
D.
mean
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3.
Which measure of variation does not depend on the mean?
A.
mode
B.
variance
C.
range
D.
standard deviation
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4.
What appears to happen in the graph?
A.
Sales have slightly increased.
B.
Sales have dropped.
C.
Sales have doubled each month.
D.
Sales have cut in half each month.
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5.
Why is the graph misleading?
A.
Months are out of order.
B.
Scale is not at even intervals.
C.
The dimensions other than height have changed.
D.
Scale should be smaller.
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