Two basketball teams recorded the number of points scored in 8 games:
Team X: 85,87,90,91,88,89,86,92
Team Y: 70,85,100,72,97,88,80,91
Which team had a more consistent scoring performance, and why?
Team X, because it has a higher mean
Team Y, because it has more varied scores
Team X, because it has a lower standard deviation
Team Y, because it has a higher standard deviation