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HW 3.3 - Scatter Plots/Lines of Best Fit

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of association does this graph have?
a)
positive 
b)
negative
c)
none
d)
all of the above
2.
The scatter plot shows the relationship between the number of chapters and the total number of pages for several books.  Use the trend line to predict how many chapters would be in a book with 180 pages. 
a)
12 chapters
b)
15 chapters
c)
18 chapters
d)
21 chapters
3.
What is the correlation?
a)
Negative correlation
b)
No correlation
c)
Positive correlation
d)
All of the above
4.
What represents the x axis?
a)
ABC Company
b)
Hours Worked
c)
Amount Earned in Dollars
d)
Hours in Car
5.
Looking at the graph showing a line of best fit, what is the correlation shown?
a)
Length of life is constant
b)
Length of life increases as amount of sunlight increases
c)
Length of life increases as amount of sunlight decreases
d)
Length of life decreases as amount of sunlight increases
6.
Which of the following lines represents the line of best fit for the scatter plot?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
7.

Which is a true statement about two numerical sets of data that have negative association?

a)

A. As one variable increases, the other variable does not change.

b)

B. As one variable increases, the other variable increases.

c)

C. As one variable decreases, the other variable decreases.

d)

D. As one variable increases, the other variable decreases.

8.
As the age of the car increases, its value decreases. Which scatterplot represents this relationship?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
9.
The red line represents the line of best fit for the scatter plot. How many ice cream sales are expected if the temperature is 90°?
a)
55
b)
0
c)
103
d)
100
10.
What is the type of association?
a)
Negative 
b)
no association
c)
positive 
11.
What type of association does this graph have?
a)
positive
b)
negative
c)
none
d)
all of the above
12.
What would the correlation be between math grades and the time it takes to run a mile ?
a)
Postive Correlation
b)
Negative Correlation
c)
No Correlation
d)
Cannot Be Determined
13.
Which sentence describes the relationship shown on this scatter plot?
a)
As the temperature decreases, the visitors increase. 
b)
As the temperature increases, the number of visitors increases. 
c)
As the visitors increase, the temperature decreases. 
d)
No correlation
14.
Which example shows CAUSATION?
a)
Being happy and being a better student.
b)
An insect ate poison and it died.
15.
Which example shows a CORRELATION?
a)
It rained and the ground is wet.
b)
Ice cream sales increase as temperature increases.
16.

What type of correlation would you likely see with:


The amount of time spent working compared to the amount of money earned

a)

positive correlation

b)

negative correlation

c)

no correlation

17.

What type of correlation would you likely see with:


The amount of time students spent playing video games the night before a test compared to their respective grades on that test

a)

positive correlation

b)

negative correlation

c)

no correlation

18.

What type of correlation would you likely see with:


The number of siblings a person has compared to the number of sodas they drink per day

a)

positive correlation

b)

negative correlation

c)

no correlation

19.

What type of correlation do the data here represent?

a)

positive

b)

negative

c)

no correlation

20.
What letter do we use to represent correlation coefficient?
a)
c
b)
r
c)
p
d)
h
21.

Temperature of a rubber band and distance the rubber band can stretch. r=.84r=.84  

a)

strong positive

b)

strong negative

c)

weak positive

d)

weak negative

22.

Car weight and distance traveled using a full tank of gas.  r=.86r=-.86  

a)

strong positive

b)

strong negative

c)

weak positive

d)

weak negative

23.

Which scatter plot diagram shows the strongest positive correlation?

a)
b)
c)
d)
24.

r = -0.3 is considered to have...

a)

moderate negative correlation

b)

weak negative correlation

c)

no correlation

d)

strong negative correlation

25.

Which of the following examples is not causation?

a)

When the student population at school increases, the number of teachers at school increases.

b)

When the amount of sugar in apple juice decreases, there are fewer calories in each serving.

c)

When there are more workers on a project, the project takes less time to complete.

d)

When there is more protein in an athlete's diet, the athlete scores more points in a game.

26.

When the temperature outside decreases, the layers you wear increases.

a)

Causation

b)

Association

c)

Neither

27.

A survey showed that sleeping with a night light was positively associated with nearsightedness. Is this association or causation?

a)

Association

b)

Causation

c)

Neither

28.

A study showed a positive relationship between students owning a cell phone and driving a car to school. Is this association or causation?

a)

Association

b)

Causation

c)

Neither

29.

Order the scatterplots from STRONGEST to WEAKEST correlation coefficients

a)
b)
c)
d)
1)
2)
3)
4)
30.

Order the correlation coefficients from WEAKEST linear relationship to STRONGEST

Hint: Close to 0 - Weak

Close to 1/-1 - Strong

a)

r = 0.45

b)

r = -0.50

c)

r = 0.80

d)

r = -0.89

1)
2)
3)
4)