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.
standard deviation
B.
mean
C.
mode
D.
median
Hint
2.
What appears to happen in the graph?
A.
Sales have dropped.
B.
Sales have doubled each month..
C.
Sales have slightly increased.
D.
Sales have cut in half each month..
Hint
3.
How could the graph be changed so it is not misleading?
A.
Color should be added.
B.
Change the graph from vertical to horizontal.
C.
Diameters of the cans should be the same.
D.
The scale should start at 0.
Hint
4.
Why is the graph misleading?
A.
Color is misleading.
B.
Months are out of order.
C.
Scale is not at even intervals.
D.
Bars appear to have cut in half.
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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