Variables
Outliers and Predictions
Correlations
Reading & Creating Scatterplots
100
This variable goes on the x-axis.
What is the independent variable?
100
What is an outlier?
What is a point that is distant (skewed) from the rest of the data?
100
What type of correlation does this graph show?
What is positive?
100
What is the line of best fit?
A line that approximates the data's trend, allowing us to make predictions.
200
This variable is impacted by the other variable and is placed on the y-axis.
What is the dependent variable?
200
Which point is the outlier?
What is approximately (30, 6000)?
200
What type of correlation is shown in the scatter plot?
What is negative?
200
What is the association of this graph? Will the slope be positive or negative?
This graph shows a negative association and a negative slope.
300
If I am graphing the number of shots made and the hours of practice for a player, which would be the independent variable?
What is the number of hours of practice?
300
Based on the scatter plot how many CDs would be sold for 2 jars of jam?
What is about 15 CDs?
300
What type of correlation is shown? Write a sentence describing the impact or lack of impact that impulsiveness has on empathy.
What is no correlation? Impulsiveness has no impact on empathy.
300
What is a residual?
The difference between a predicted data point and the actual data point.
400
On a graph showing the relationship between salary and years of experience which variable would be the dependent variable?
What is salary?
400
If a person is 45 years old, based on the scatter plot, what should they expect their income to be?
What is about 45,000.
400
Describe what a positive correlation means for data.
When one variable increases the other variable will also increase.
400
What is the Least Squares Regression Line?
A line that best models the data, i.e., has the lowest sum of the squares of residuals.
500
Write a sentence describing the relationship between the average daily temperature and the number of beach visitors.
The number of beach visitors increases as the average daily temperature increases.