Understanding Scatter Plots and Correlation

Understanding Scatter Plots and Correlation

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Thomas White

FREE Resource

The video tutorial by Mr. Trotta from Close High School covers Unit 6, Worksheet 6.4, focusing on creating scatter plots, drawing lines of best fit, and analyzing correlations. The lesson begins with a joke and proceeds to explain how to plot data points, draw a line of best fit, and calculate its equation. It further explores positive and negative correlations, correlation versus causation, and determining correlation coefficients. The session concludes with the punchline of the initial joke, emphasizing that math is not a mistake.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the first step in creating a scatter plot?

Predicting future values

Calculating the slope

Setting up axes and intervals

Drawing a line of best fit

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When plotting data points, what is the purpose of the line of best fit?

To separate positive and negative values

To connect all data points

To represent the average trend of the data

To highlight the highest data point

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do you calculate the slope of the line of best fit?

Using the formula y = mx + b

By estimating visually

By connecting all data points

Using the formula (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does a positive correlation indicate in a scatter plot?

As one variable increases, the other also increases

The variables are unrelated

There is no relationship between the variables

As one variable increases, the other decreases

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If 60 adult tickets are sold, how many children's tickets are expected to be sold according to the line of best fit?

485

450

163

288

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the correlation when the amount of ham sold decreases as turkey sales increase?

Causation

Positive correlation

Negative correlation

No correlation

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Does a correlation between two variables imply causation?

Only if the correlation is positive

Never

Always

Sometimes

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