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3.1 Scatterplots & Correlation

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What relationship does a scatterplot establish?

a)

The differences between two quantitative variables

b)

The relationship between two quantitative variables

c)

The relationship between two qualitative variables

d)

The differences between two qualitative variables

2.

How is a scatterplot described overall?

a)

Through direction and form only

b)

Through finding the answers online

c)

Through form and strength only

d)

Through direction, form, and strength

3.

What term is used when measuring the direction of the linear relationship between two quantitative variables?

a)

Outlier

b)

Correlation r

c)

Correlation

d)

Form

4.

When measuring correlation r, what numbers on the scatterplot do they usually fall between?

a)

-1 and 1

b)

-1 and 2

c)

-2 and 1

d)

0 and 2

5.

What is the term used that measures the outcome of a study?

a)

Complete variable

b)

Explanatory variable

c)

Response variable

d)

Outcome variable

6.

What term is used to explain or influence changes in a response variable?

a)

Response variable

b)

Explanatory variable

c)

Overall variable

d)

Changing variable

7.

What direction does a linear relationship typically follow?

a)

A straight line

b)

A circle

c)

A line with multiple outliers

d)

A crooked line

8.

When is a linear relationship negative?

a)

When there are a lot of plot points

b)

When the plot points are in a straight line

c)

When there are not that many plot points

d)

When the plot points are widely scattered

9.

What best describes a correlation between 0 and 1?

a)

A Negative Correlation

b)

A Decent Correlation

c)

A Positive Correlation

d)

An Average Correlation

10.

What term best describes data values that do not form a straight line?

a)

Non-linear correlation

b)

Positive correlation

c)

Linear correlation

d)

Negative correlation

11.

What do relationships between categorical data describe?

a)

The contents of correlation r

b)

Nothing, relationships are only quantitative

c)

Whether there is a strong or weak form

d)

Whether there's a positive or negative association

12.

True or False?:

Correlation is not resistant and can be affected by outliers

a)

True

b)

False

13.

True or False:

The correlation coefficient measures the strength of only the linear relationship between x and y

a)

True

b)

False

14.

How is the strength of a relationship determined?

a)

It is determined by how far away points in the scatterplot lie to a simple form such as a line

b)

It is determined by how big the graph the scatterplot is on, is

c)

It is determined by how close points in the scatterplot lie to a simple form such as a line

d)

It is determined by how you feel about the scatterplot

15.

True or False:

Correlation gives a complete summary of two-variable data?

a)

True: Mean and standard deviation can be determined by the correlation

b)

False: You should give the mean and standard deviation along with the correlation

16.

True or False:

The correlation r itself has no unit of measurement

a)

True: It's units of measurement can be found on the graph

b)

False: It is just a number

17.

True or False:

Correlation makes no distinction between explanatory and response variables

a)

True: It doesn't make a difference which variable you call x or y when calculating correlation

b)

False: It does make a difference which variable you call x or y when calculating correlation

18.

Does this depict a positive or negative correlation?

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

19.

True or False:

This depicts a weak, positive correlation

a)

True: This is a weak, positive correlation

b)

False: This is a strong, positive correlation

20.

This picture shows what kind of correlation?

a)

A positive correlation

b)

A negative correlation

c)

No correlation

21.

An outlier can be best described as?

a)

An individual value that falls in line with the pattern of the relationship

b)

A value that shows whether or not a relationship is positive or negative

c)

An individual value that falls out of pattern with the relationship

d)

A value that shows what numbers correlation r falls between

22.

True or False:

This depicts a negative correlation

a)

True: This is a negative correlation

b)

False: This a positive correlation

23.

The strongest linear relationship occurs when the slope is?

a)

-1

b)

0

c)

2

d)

1

24.

What does "r < 0" an indication of?

a)

A positive association

b)

A negative association

c)

No association

25.

True or False:

Values of r near 0 indicate a very strong linear relationship

a)

True: It does indicate a very strong relationship

b)

False: It indicates a very weak relationship