Making Trend Lines on Scatter Plots

To show how parts make up a whole

To compare two different sets of numbers

To display data over a period of time

To organize data into categories

The number of ice cream flavors sold

The total sales for one day

The temperature and customer count for one day

The average temperature for a week

To connect every single data point

To make the graph look more colorful

To show the general direction or relationship of the data

To highlight individual data points that are unusual

Negative association

No association

Positive association

Curved association

As the temperature gets colder, more customers visit

There is no clear relationship between temperature and customers

As the temperature gets warmer, more customers visit

The number of customers stays the same regardless of temperature

Number of words wrong

Study time in minutes

Number of students

Spelling test score

Positive association

No association

Negative association

Neutral association

Studying more leads to more mistakes

Studying less leads to fewer mistakes

Studying more leads to fewer mistakes

Study time has no impact on test results

One variable decreases as the other increases

Both variables tend to increase together

There is no clear relationship between the variables

Both variables tend to decrease together

One variable decreases as the other increases

Both variables tend to increase together

There is no clear relationship between the variables

Both variables tend to decrease together