A data set is formed by recording the sums in 400 rolls of a pair of a dice. A second data set is formed by recording the results of 600 draws of a ball from a box containing 11 balls numbered 2 through 12. Which of the data sets would you expect to have a smaller standard deviation? Explain.

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A data set is formed by recording the sums in 400 rolls of a pair of a dice. A second data set is formed by recording the results of 600 draws of a ball from a box containing 11 balls numbered 2 through 12. Which of the data sets would you expect to have a smaller standard deviation? Explain.

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