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

  2.   Which measure of variation does not depend on the mean?
    A. range B. variance
    C. mode D. standard deviation
    Hint

  3.   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.
    Hint

  4.   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. Change the graph from vertical to horizontal. D. Diameters of the cans should be the same.
    Hint

  5.   What appears to happen in the graph?
   
    A. Production dropped in half each month. B. Production increased each month.
    C. Production has decreased slightly. D. Production has doubled each month.
    Hint



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