Correlation Practice

What would be the correlation be between temperature and ice cream sales?

• positive correlation
• negative correlation
• no correlation
• cannot be determined

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CCSS.HSS.ID.B.6

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.8

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

What type of correlation do you think there is between:
Gas Mileage & Vehicle Size/Weight

• Positive
• Negative
• NONE
• Not enough information

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CCSS.HSS.ID.B.6

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.8

What would be the correlation be between study time and test grades?

• positive correlation
• negative correlation
• no correlation
• cannot be determined

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

What type of correlation describes the following sentence:
The temperature outside and the number of hot chocolate sold at a football game.

• postive
• negative 
• none
• cannot be determined

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CCSS.HSS.ID.B.6

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.8

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

What would the correlation be between math grades and the time it takes to run a mile ?

• Postive Correlation
• Negative Correlation
• No Correlation
• Cannot Be Determined

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CCSS.HSS.ID.B.6

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.8

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

What type of correlation describes the following sentence:
The number of people that go the pool and the temperature outside.

• positive
• negative
• none
• cannot be determined

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CCSS.HSS.ID.B.6

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.8

Rank these scatter plots according to the intensity of the correlation represented, from weakest to strongest.

• 1, 2, 3, 4
• 2, 4, 3, 1
• 4, 3, 2, 1
• 1, 3, 4, 2

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CCSS.HSS.ID.B.6

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.8

Rank these scatter plots according to the intensity of the correlation represented, from weakest to strongest.

• 1, 2, 3, 4
• 2, 4, 3, 1
• 4, 3, 2, 1
• 1, 3, 4, 2

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CCSS.HSS.ID.B.6

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.8

The correlation coefficient, r, is always between ___ and ___.

• 0 and 1
• -1 and 1 
• -1 and 0

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.8

Being correlated means that two things are

• related
• causing each other
• unrelated

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.8

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9