High School Math › Understanding Standard Deviation
Alice recorded the outside temperature at noon each day for one week. These were the results.
Monday: 78
Tuesday: 85
Wednesday: 82
Thursday: 84
Friday: 82
Saturday: 79
Sunday: 80
What is the standard deviation of the temperatures?
A bird watcher observed how many birds came to her bird feeder for four days. These were the results:
Day 1: 15
Day 2: 12
Day 3: 10
Day 4: 13
Which answer is closest to the standard deviation of the number of birds to visit the bird feeder over the four days?