A graph that displays the relationship between two sets of data using a single dot for each pair of values.
What are scatterplots?
This type of correlation is present when the points on a scatterplot generally go up and to the right, meaning as the x-values increase, the y-values also tend to increase.
What is positive correlation?
A data point that lies far outside the general pattern of the other points on a scatterplot.
What is an outlier?
The name for a straight line drawn through the middle of the data points on a scatterplot that is used to predict the value of one variable based on the other.
What is the line of best fit?
The y-axis on a scatterplot almost always represents this type of variable, whose value is influenced by the other variable.
What is the dependent variable?