Variables
Outliers and Predictions
Correlations
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?
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?
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?
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.
500
Describ 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.
500
Height versus Shoe Size, is there a correlation?
Yes
500
What is bivariate data?
Two types of data