Los Angeles Angels' Salaries Working with the Measures of Central Tendency 6 6 When am I ever going to use this? > Using the concepts in this worksheet, you will be able to analyze the salaries of the Anaheim Angels baseball team. he Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Albert Pujols formerly of the St. Louis Cardinals on December 8th. 201 1 10 3 5254 milion, 10 - year contract, It 13 interesting to see how anding the Pujols salary impacted the financial structure of the Angels organization. Use the measures of central tendency (median, mode, and mean) to analyze the salaries for the 2012 projected 25 man roster and answer the following questions. Player Name 2012 Salary Player Name 2012 Salary Vernon Wells 26,6-42,857 Kendrys Morales 2,975,000 Albert Pujols 25,400,000 Chris lanetia 3.550,000 Torii Hunter 18,500,000 Alberto Callaspo 2.090,000 Dan Haren 12,750,000 Russell Branyan 1,000,000 C.J. Wilson 10,000 080 Kevin Jepsen OOD'SEL Bobby Abreu 1,000,000 Rich Thompson 418,000 Ervin Santana 8,000.000 Bobby Wilson 416,000 Jered Weaver 7.365.000 Jordan Walden 414,000 Scoll Downs 5,000.000 Mark Trumbo 414,000 Hisanori Takahashi 3,800.000 Chris Pettit 414,000 Howard Kendrick 8,300.000 Peter Bourjos 414,000 Malcer laturis 3,266.667 Hank Conger 414,000 Erick Aybar 3.000,000 Total 2012 Payroll: $147,868,524.00 (Source: www.espn.com/ 1. Explain the process for finding the median Angels' 2012 player salary. Find the median salary and provide the name of the player who possesses that salary. 2. Explain what the median salary tells about the salaries of players on the Angels roster. 33. Explain the process for finding the mode of the Angels' 2012 player salary. Find the mode salary and provide the name of the player who possesses that salary. 4. Explain what the mode salary tells about the salaries of players on the Angels roster. 5. Explain the process for finding the mean (average) of the Angels' 2012 player salary, Find the mean salary and provide the name of the player who possesses that salary. 6. Explain what the mean [average) salary tells about the salaries of players on the Angels roster. 7. Explain why it makes sense that adding up the salaries and dividing by the number of players is the correct way to calculate the mean. B. Which of the three measures of central tendency do you believe is most useful for the purpose of describing the salary that a typical Angel player would expect to make in 20127