The histogram below represents the number of points scored by the Valley High School football team over the last 13 games.

Which of the following would be an appropriate guess of the standard deviation of the data?
A.
3
B.
12
C.
16
D.
7

1 answer

B. 12

Based on the spread of the data in the histogram, with most data points falling between 20 and 45, a standard deviation of 12 would be a reasonable guess.