Scatterplots

The police department tracked the number of ticket writers and number of tickets issued for the past 8 weeks.  The scatter plot shows the results.  Which statement is true?

• More ticket writers results in fewer tickets issued.
• There were 50 tickets issued every week.
• When there are 10 ticket writers, there will be 800 tickets issued.
• More ticket writers results in more tickets issued.

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Mr. Thomas wanted to know if the amount of class time that he gave students to study affected their test scores.  What kind of relationship between class study time and test scores is shown on the scatter plot.

• No correlation
• Positive correlation
• Negative correlation
• Positive then negative correlation

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A fifth grade class conducted a 5-minute experiment that involved heating time and water temperature.  The results of the experiment are represented in this line graph.  What prediction can be made based on the information gathered?

• The water temperature remains the same as the heating time continues.
• The water temperature decreases as the heating time continues.
• A pattern cannot be determined between these measurements.
• The water temperature increases as the heating time continues.

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The following scatter plot shows the weights and lengths of some dinosaurs.  Which statement accurately describes the information?

• The information shows a positive correlation.  The weight of a dinosaur tends to increase according to its length.
• The information shows a negative correlation.  the weight of a dinosaur tends to decrease according to its length.
• The information shows no correlation.  The weight and length vary according to the type of dinosaur.
• The information shows no correlation.  The relationship between the weight and length of a dinosaur is uncertain.

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The table shows the number of students on a basketball team and the number of free throws each student made during practice.  Which is the best description of this relationship? (Graphing the data on a coordinate grid may help.)

• Positive linear
• No relationship
• Negative linear
• Quadratic

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The scatter plot shows the number of absences in a week for classes of different sizes.  Trevor concluded that there is a positive correlation.  Which statement best describes why Trevor's conclusion was incorrect.

• The largest class does not have the most absences.
• The smallest class does not have the least number of absences.
• The data show no relationship between class size and number of absences.
• The data show a negative relationship between class size and number of absences.

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This scatterplot could show the relationship between which two variables?

• speed of an airplane (x) vs. distance traveled in one hour (y)
• outside air temperature (x) vs. air-conditioning costs (y)
• age of an adult (x) vs. height of an adult (y)
• distance traveled (x) vs. gas remaining in the tank (y)

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Which is an example of a linear pattern?

• 1/9, 2/9, 4/9, 8/9
• -5, -1, 3, 7
• 2.3, 6.3, 9.3, 13.3
• 1, 2, 4, 8, 16

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Oren plants a new vegetable garden each year for 14 years.  This scatter plot shows teh relationship between the number of seeds he plants and the number of plants that grow.  Which number best represents the slope of the line of best fit through the data?

• -10
• -1/10
• 1/10
• 10

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Which graph best shows a positive correlation between the number of hours studied and the test scores?

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

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