Scatter Plot Predictions

Review of Scatter Plot Trends

Multiple Choice

Does the plot show a positive trend, negative trend, or no trend?

• positive trend

• negative trend

• no trend

Multiple Choice

What type of relationship does this scatter plot show?

• Negative linear relationship

• Positive linear relationship

• No relationship

• Nonlinear relationship

Multiple Choice

What type of correlation does this scatter plot show?

• positive linear association

• negative linear association

• no association

• nonlinear association

Multiple Choice

The number of notebooks bought and the total cost.

• positive association
• negative association
• no association

Multiple Choice

The number of siblings you have and your weight. 

• Positive correlation
• Negative correlation
• No correlation
• All of the above

Multiple Choice

The age of a kitten and its weight.

• positive association
• negative association
• no association

Multiple Choice

In a scatterplot, an outlier...

• ...is something we didn't learn 8th grade
• ...is a puppet with a long nose named Pinocchio
• ...is a point that is far outside the main cluster of points/ordered pairs
• ...is a really naughty point who doesn't tell the truth when outside

Multiple Choice

Which scatter plot shows a linear relationship between x and y?

• Graph A
• Graph B
• Graph C
• Graph D

Multiple Choice

As x increases, y increases

• correlation coefficient

• causation

• positive correlation

• negative correlation