In 1994, major league baseball players went on strike. At the time, the average salary was $1,049,589, and the median salary was $337,500. If you were representing the owners, which summary would you use to convince the public that a strike was not needed? If you were a player, which would you use? Why was there such a large discrepancy between the mean and median salaries? Explain.

Select the correct answers below.

If you were representing the owners, you would use the

average salary

median salary

to convince the public that a strike was not needed. If you were a player, you would use the

average salary

median salary

to convince the public that a strike was needed. The average and median salaries differ so greatly because

the distribution of salaries is skewed left.

the distribution of salaries is skewed right.

the mean is resistant to outliers, but the median is not.

the distribution of salaries is symmetric.