Describing Trends and Graphs

What does this show?

• decrease / fall

• increase / rise

• steady / stable / constant

• Fluctuates

What does this show?

• Steady fall / decrease

• Steady increase

• Increase / rise/

• Steady / constant / stable

Look at the graph.

Which is correct?

Sales of food and drink... from Monday to Friday.

• remained stable

• rose

• dropped

• fluctuated

Look at the graph.
From Tuesday to Wednesday there is ....

• fall sharply.

• a sharply fall.

• a sharp fall.

• fall sharp.

• 315

• 472.5

• 321

• 324

A scatter plot shows the relationship between the number of hours worked and income for a group of part-time workers. If the plot shows a cluster of points along a line that slopes upward from left to right, what can be inferred?

• Earning more requires working fewer hours

• There is no relationship between hours worked and income

• Earning more requires working more hours

• Part-time workers have a fixed income regardless of hours worked

In a line graph depicting the stock market prices over a year, what does a series of peaks and troughs represent?

• Stability in the market

• Volatility in the market

• Growth in the market

• Decline in the market

A scatter plot shows the relationship between hours studied and exam scores for a group of students. What type of correlation does the data likely show?

• Positive

• Negative

• No correlation

• Cannot be determined without more information

If a scatter plot shows data points that are closely clustered together along a line that slopes downward, what does this suggest about the relationship between the two variables being plotted?

• Strong positive correlation

• Strong negative correlation

• No correlation

• Weak negative correlation

A scatter plot is used to show the relationship between age and reaction time in a study. If older age groups tend to have longer reaction times, how might this be reflected in the plot?

• Points clustered near the top-left corner

• Points clustered near the bottom-right corner

• Points forming an upward sloping line

• Points forming a downward sloping line