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. mean
    C. median D. mode
    Hint

  2.   In the set of data
{113, 146, 146, 154, 157, 170, 181},
which measure of central tendency has the highest value? What is the value?
    A. mean, 178 B. mean, 152
    C. mode, 146 D. median, 154
    Hint

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

  4.   How could the graph be changed so it is not misleading?
   
    A. The scale should start at 0. B. Color should be added.
    C. Diameters of the cans should be the same. D. Change the graph from vertical to horizontal.
    Hint

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



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