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

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

  3.   Why is the graph misleading?
   
    A. Months are out of order. B. The dimensions other than height have changed.
    C. Scale is not at even intervals. D. Scale should be smaller.
    Hint

  4.   How could the graph be changed so it is not misleading?
   
    A. Diameters of the cans should be the same. B. Color should be added.
    C. Change the graph from vertical to horizontal. D. The scale should start at 0.
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  5.   How could the graph be changed so it is not misleading?
   
    A. Change the graph from vertical to horizontal. B. Write out the entire names of the months.
    C. Make the graph start at 0 to see all of the bars. D. Change the color.
    Hint



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