Scatter Plot Vocabulary

a graph with points plotted to show a possible relationship between two sets of data

• Trend line

• scatter plot

• slope

• y intercept

the line on a scatter plot that help show the correlation between data sets more clearly

• y-intercept

• Trend line

• slope

• Scatter plot

Which is the term that means a graph with points plotted to show a possible relationship between sets of data?

• Line of best fit

• Two Way Table

• Scatter Plot

• Correlation Coefficient

Which is the term that means a line that comes closest to all of the points in a scatter plot?

• Positive Correlation

• Negative Correlation

• No Correlation

• Line of best fit

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 is the trend for this scatter plot

• Negative

• Positive

• None

A line on a scatter plot that helps show the correlation between data sets more clearly

• trend line

• scatter line

• bivariate line

• straight line

A graph of plotted points that show the relationship between two sets of data

• System

• Scatter Plot

• Slope

You are analyzing a scatter plot that has a negative correlation. What is true of the of the x and y values?

• As x increases, y decreases

• As x increases, y increases

• As x decreases, y decreases

The scatter plot shows ____________.

• no correlation

• a positive correlation

• a negative correlation

• extrapolation