The manager of the San Marcos Sliders baseball team keeps track of the number of runs the team scores each season. This histogram shows the distribution of runs scored per game this season.

Question

Complete the sentences.
The distribution of runs scored is best described as
. So, the standard deviation
an appropriate measure of variation.

Answer 1

The distribution of runs scored is best described as skewed (or bell-shaped, uniform, etc., depending on the histogram). So, the standard deviation is (or is not) an appropriate measure of variation.

If the histogram shows a normal distribution without outliers, then the standard deviation is appropriate. If it is skewed or has outliers, then the standard deviation may not effectively represent the variation in runs scored.