The Lions football team is having a meeting with fans to discuss salaries. The team president says, “we can’t afford to be any more generous because our average salary is almost $3,000,000 a year.” A fan replies, “Nonsense. Your average player only makes $750,000 a year—you can easily afford a raise.” If they are using the same set of data, how can their averages be different?
Which measure of center might the president have used?
Which might the fan have used?