Al and Carmen have the same bowling average,but Al is much more erratic than Carmen.If we compute the standard deviations for their respective distributions of bowling scores,which of the following will be true?
A) Al's standard deviation will be higher than Carmen's.
B) Marilyn's standard deviation will be higher than Al's.
C) Both standard deviations will be the same.
D) Al's scores will be symmetrical while Carmen's will be positively skewed.

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Since Al is more erratic than Carmen, his distribution of scores will be more spread out than Carmen's. This means that Al's standard deviation will be higher than Carmen's.

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