Scatter Plots and Types of Association

a relationship between two variables in which the data do increase and decrease together at the same rate

• Linear association

• positive association

• No association

• negative association

a relationship between two variables in which the data do not increase or decrease together at the same rate

• linear association

• Positive association

• negative association

• non linear association

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

• y-intercept

• Trend line

• slope

• Scatter plot

When looking at a scatter plot, there are three types of association:

• linear, nonlinear, no

• positive, negative, no

• linear, circular, no

• up, down, no

What type of association or correlation does the scatter plot represent?

• positive

• negative

• no

When points in the scatter plot appear to form two or more distinct clouds of points, it's called...

• clusters

• bunches

• groups

• cliques

When the scatter plot shows an increase in the outputs as the inputs are increasing

• positive correlation

• negative correlation

• no correlation

What pattern do you see in the data?

• positive correlation

• negative correlation

• no correlation

What kind of relationship does this scatter plot represent?

• positive, linear

• negative, linear

• negative, nonlinear

• no relationship

Describe the relationship represented in the scatter plot.

• As shoe size increases, reading score increases.

• As shoe size increases, reading score decreases.

• As shoe size increases, there is no change in reading score.

• This scatter plot doesn't show a relationship,