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. mode B. mean
    C. standard deviation D. median
    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, 152 B. mean, 178
    C. median, 154 D. mode, 146
    Hint

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

  4.   What appears to happen in the graph?
   
    A. Production has decreased slightly. B. Production has doubled each month.
    C. Production increased each month. D. Production dropped in half each month.
    Hint

  5.   How could the graph be changed so it is not misleading?
   
    A. Make the graph start at 0 to see all of the bars. B. Change the graph from vertical to horizontal.
    C. Write out the entire names of the months. D. Change the color.
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