scatter plots

Which sentence describes the relationship shown on this scatter plot?

• As the temperature decreases, the visitors increase. 

• As the temperature increases, the number of visitors increases. 

• As the visitors increase, the temperature decreases. 

• No correlation

What type of association does this scatter plot represent?

• positive linear association

• negative linear association

• no association

• nonlinear association

What is the type of correlation?

• Negative 

• no association

• positive 

What type of correlation does this scatter plot show?

• positive linear association

• negative linear association

• no association

• nonlinear association

The scatter plot shows the relationship between the number of chapters and the total number of pages for several books.  Use the trend line to predict how many chapters would be in a book with 140 pages. 

• 12 chapters

• 19 chapters

• 14 chapters

• 21 chapters

What is a scatter plot?

• A graph that shows the relationship of two data sets.

• A graph drawn using rectangular bars to show how large each value is.

• A graph that shows information that is connected in some way.

• A graph that shows data changing over time.

In a scatterplot, an outlier...

• ...is something we didn't learn in 8th grade

• ...is a point on the origin

• ...is a point that is far outside the main cluster of points/ordered pairs

• ...is a group of points that are close together

In a scatterplot, a cluster...

• ...is something we didn't learn in 8th grade

• ...is a point on the origin

• ...is a point that is far outside the main cluster of points/ordered pairs

• ...is a group of points that are close together

A teacher made the following graph showing absences vs. final grades.  Predict the grade of a student that has 7 absences.

• 45

• 50

• 60

• 70

What is the correlation?

• Negative correlation

• No correlation

• Positive correlation

• All of the above