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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? |
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standard deviation |
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mean |
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median |
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mode |
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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? |
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mean, 178 |
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mean, 152 |
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mode, 146 |
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median, 154 |
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What appears to happen in the graph? |
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Sales have doubled each month.. |
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Sales have cut in half each month.. |
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Sales have dropped. |
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Sales have slightly increased. |
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How could the graph be changed so it is not misleading? |
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The scale should start at 0. |
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Color should be added. |
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Diameters of the cans should be the same. |
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Change the graph from vertical to horizontal. |
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Why is the graph misleading? |
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Color is misleading. |
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Scale is not at even intervals. |
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Months are out of order. |
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Bars appear to have cut in half. |
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