Explanatory and Response Variables, Scatterplots and Correlation

What axis does the explanatory variable go on?

• x-axis

• y-axis

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

What axis does the response variable go on?

• x-axis

• y-axis

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.B.6

Which is the explanatory variable?

• Hours of Sleep

• Test Score

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

Which is the response variable?

• Distance from Center of City

• Rent

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

Which is the explanatory variable?

• Average Daily Temperature

• Visitors

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

Which is the response variable?

• Average Daily Temperature

• Visitors

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

The amount of time studying for your next test and the grade you make on it. Which is the response variable?

• Amount of time studying for your next test

• Grade you make on test

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

Records of sales of umbrellas and amount of rainfall suggests that there is a strong positive relationship between the two variables. What do you think about the situation in terms of explanatory and response variables?

• Amount of sales of umbrellas is an explanatory variable.

• Amount of rainfall is an explanatory variable

• The connection between the variables is not clear

• The two variables are independent of each other.

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CCSS.HSS.ID.B.6

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

In the relationship between the number seeds planted in a garden and the number of fruit grown. The explanatory variable is

• The number of fruit grown

• The amount of soil in the garden

• The number of hours spent watering the plants

• The number of seeds planted

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

In the relationship between the time spent shopping and the number of items bought. The response variable is

• The number of items bought

• The number of items at the shop

• The time spent shopping

• The time spent getting to the shops

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9