The following is the record of goals scored by team A in a football session:

No. of goals scored

0

1

2

3

4

No. of matches

1

9

7

5

3

For the team B, mean number of goals scored per match was 2 with a standard

deviation 1.25 goals. Find which team may be considered more consistent?

The mean and the standard deviation of goals scored by team A are calculated as follows.

No. of goals scored

No. of matches

fixi

xi2

fixi2

0

1

0

0

0

1

9

9

1

9

2

7

14

4

28

3

5

15

9

45

4

3

12

16

48

25

50

130

Thus, the mean of both the teams is same.

The standard deviation of team B is 1.25 goals.

The average number of goals scored by both the teams is same i.e., 2. Therefore, the team with lower standard deviation will be more consistent.

Thus, team A is more consistent than team B.

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