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

  3.   Which measure of variation does not depend on the mean?
    A. mode B. standard deviation
    C. variance D. range
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  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. Diameters of the cans should be the same.
    C. Color should be added. D. Change the graph from vertical to horizontal.
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  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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