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. standard deviation D. median
    Hint

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

  3.   Which measure of variation does not depend on the mean?
    A. standard deviation B. mode
    C. range D. variance
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  4.   What appears to happen in the graph?
   
    A. Sales have dropped. B. Sales have slightly increased.
    C. Sales have doubled each month. D. Sales have cut in half each month.
    Hint

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