Question

the salaries of superstar professional athletes receive much attention in the media. the multimillion - dollar long - term contract is now commonplace among top players in particular sports. complete parts a and b below. a. which measure of central tendency should the owners apply to the players salaries? why? a. to refute the argument, the owners should use the mean because the mean is the average value of all the players salaries. the mean is affected by extreme values, so using the mean would most likely result in a lower pay increase. b. to refute the argument, the owners should use the mode because the mode is the value that occurs most often. the mode is affected by extreme values, so using the mode would most likely result in a lower pay increase. c. to refute the argument, the owners should use the median because the median is the value at which half of the data values are higher than it. the median is affected by extreme values, so using the median would most likely result in a lower pay increase.

Explanation:

The mean is affected by extreme values. In the context of players' salaries, super - star athletes with high salaries are extreme values. The median is the middle value when data is ordered, and half of the data values are higher and half are lower. Using the median would likely result in a lower pay increase for owners compared to the mean as it is not influenced by extreme high - value salaries.

Answer:

C. To refute the argument, the owners should use the median because the median is the value at which half of the data values are higher than it. The median is affected by extreme values, so using the median would most likely result in a lower pay increase.