Question Bank for Grade 9 Mathematics

What type of association (correlation) does this graph have? (a)  

• positive
• negative
• none
• all of the above

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CCSS.HSS.ID.B.5

What type of association does this graph show?

• Positive
• negative
• none
• all of the above

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

A correlation shows that two things are

• related
• causing each other
• unrelated

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

According the concept of _____________, events occur in predictable, nonrandom ways. One event leads to another.

• correlations
• dependent variables
• causation
• sociology

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Which example shows CAUSATION?

• High social media usage and reduced grades.
• Car ran out of gas and being stranded on the side of the road.
• Recess time and classroom behavior in elementary school

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Which example shows CAUSATION?

• Stress level and desire for chocolate.
• Eating more butter and increased divorce rates.
• It started raining and the baseball game was delayed.

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

Aging of the brain tends to be delayed in people with a college education

• Causation
• correlation without causation

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

To graphically represent a correlation between two variables construct a ___.

• box & whisker diagram
• histogram
• normal curve
• scatterplot

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CCSS.8.SP.A.1

The correlation coefficient "r" is a value between

• 0 and 1
• 0 and 100
• -1 and 1
• -2 and 2

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.8

If there is NO correlation, the correlation coefficient is ____. 

• 1
• -1
• 0

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.8