Guess the Correlation

Which of the following describes a positive association?

• As x increases, y increases

• As x increases, y decreases

• As x increases, y remains constant

Which of the following describes a negative association?

• As x increases, y increases

• As x increases, y decreases

• As x increases, y remains constant

Describe the association of the scatter plot

• Linear; positive association

• Linear; negative association

• Non-linear; negative association

• Non-linear; positive association

Label the type of association shown by the scatter plot as positive, negative or none.

• positive

• negative

• none

• r = .84
• r = .52
• r = .36
• r = -.59

What type of correlation does this graph have?

• positive

• negative

• none

• all of the above

What kind of correlation does the scatter plot show?

• Positive

• Negative

• No association

Which of the following lines represents the line of best fit for the scatter plot?

• A

• B

• C

• D

What type of correlation does this graph have?

• positive 

• negative

• none

• all of the above

What is the correlation?

• Negative correlation

• No correlation

• Positive correlation

• All of the above