Vocabulary
Describing Associations
Finding y
Order of Operation Skills
Riddles
100
A graph with points to show the relationship between two sets of data
Scatter plot
100
Describe this association.
Strong, Positive, Linear
100
Using the scatterplot below, come up with a reasonable estimate for y when x = 5
About 20 or 21.
100
5+5
10
100
What is full of holes but still holds water?
Sponge
200
A data point that is very different from the rest of the data
outlier
200
Describe this association
Weak, Negative, Linear
200
Using the scatterplot below, come up with a reasonable estimate for x when y = 60
Around 19 or 20.
200
(80 / 2)+ 2
42
200
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence
300
A group of points that are close together on a scatter plot.
Cluster
300
Describe the association:
No association, with an outlier
300
Using the scatterplot below, come up with a reasonable estimate for y when x = 13
Somewhere from 40-45
300
54 + 47 - 3
98
300
What begins with T, finishes with T, and has T in it?
Teapot
400
A line on a scatter plot that helps show the correlation between data sets more clearly
Normally goes through at least 2 points
trend line
400
Describe the association
Moderate, Negative, Linear
400
Using the scatterplot below, come up with a reasonable estimate for y when x = 10
Around 20.
400
((16 *2) / 4) + 3
11
400
What building has the most stories?
The library
500
When a graph is trying to show preference to one option over the other.
A systematic tendency in which the methods used to gather data and generate statistics present an inaccurate, skewed or biased depiction of reality.
Bias
500
Describe the association
Strong, Positive, Nonlinear
500
Using the scatterplot below, come up with a reasonable estimate for x when y = 10
Around 12.
500
(10+3*2-4)/2
6
500
What happens once in a lifetime, twice in a moment, but never in one hundred years?
The letter 'm'