Exploring the Correlation Coefficient in Statistics

Exploring the Correlation Coefficient in Statistics

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

8th - 12th Grade

Hard

CCSS
HSS.ID.B.5, HSS.ID.C.8

Standards-aligned

Created by

Olivia Brooks

FREE Resource

Standards-aligned

CCSS.HSS.ID.B.5
,
CCSS.HSS.ID.C.8
The video tutorial introduces a matching game to teach the concept of the correlation coefficient, a statistical measure that indicates the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables on a scatter plot. The correlation coefficient can range from -1 to 1, where 1 indicates a perfect positive linear relationship, -1 indicates a perfect negative linear relationship, and values near 0 suggest no linear relationship. The tutorial explains these concepts and then engages viewers in a game to match given correlation coefficients with corresponding scatter plot graphs.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of the correlation coefficient in statistics?

To measure the average of data points

To calculate the median of a dataset

To find the mode of a dataset

To determine the randomness or trend in a scatter plot

Tags

CCSS.HSS.ID.B.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the range of values that the correlation coefficient can take?

Between -2 and 2

Between -1 and 1

Between -0.5 and 0.5

Between 0 and 1

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CCSS.HSS.ID.B.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does a correlation coefficient of 1 indicate?

The scatter plot has a perfect downhill trend

The scatter plot has a perfect uphill trend

The scatter plot has no trend

The scatter plot is perfectly random

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CCSS.HSS.ID.B.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does a correlation coefficient of -1 indicate?

The scatter plot is perfectly random

The scatter plot has a perfect uphill trend

The scatter plot has no trend

The scatter plot has a perfect downhill trend

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.8

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does a correlation coefficient close to 0 indicate?

The scatter plot has a perfect downhill trend

The scatter plot has a perfect uphill trend

The scatter plot has no trend

The scatter plot is perfectly random

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CCSS.HSS.ID.B.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which graph would have a correlation coefficient of exactly 1?

Graph D

Graph A

Graph B

Graph C

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.8

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which graph would have a correlation coefficient of 0.05?

Graph A

Graph D

Graph B

Graph C

Tags

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.8

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