Evelyn wants to know how consistent her bowling scores have been during the past season.Which of the following measures would tell her what she wants to know?
A) mean
B) median
C) standard deviation
D) range

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The standard deviation measures the amount of variability or spread in a set of data, so it can tell Evelyn how consistent her bowling scores have been. The mean (A) represents the average of the data, the median (B) represents the middle value of the data, and the range (D) represents the difference between the highest and lowest values in the data, but none of these measures directly address consistency or variability.

Evelyn Wants to Know How Consistent Her Bowling Scores Have