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Scatter Plots

This document discusses scatter plots and correlation. It provides examples of positive correlation, where both variables increase together, negative correlation, where one variable increases as the other decreases, and no correlation, where the variables are unrelated. Examples are given for age vs height, age vs car value, and shoe size vs batting average. The document also includes instructions and examples for plotting data points on a scatter plot and interpreting the relationship between the variables.

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Scatter Plots

This document discusses scatter plots and correlation. It provides examples of positive correlation, where both variables increase together, negative correlation, where one variable increases as the other decreases, and no correlation, where the variables are unrelated. Examples are given for age vs height, age vs car value, and shoe size vs batting average. The document also includes instructions and examples for plotting data points on a scatter plot and interpreting the relationship between the variables.

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Lesson 11.

4: Scatter Plots

Standards: SDP 1.0 and 1.2


Objective: Determine the correlation of
a scatter plot
Scatter Plot
• A scatter plot is a graph of a collection of
ordered pairs (x,y).

• The graph looks like a bunch of dots, but some


of the graphs are a general shape or move in a
general direction.
Positive Correlation
• If the x-coordinates and the
y-coordinates both
increase, then it is
POSITIVE CORRELATION.
• This means that both are
going up, and they are
related.
Positive Correlation
• If you look at the age of a child and the
child’s height, you will find that as the
child gets older, the child gets taller.
Because both are going up, it is
positive correlation.

Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Height 25 31 34 36 40 41 47 55
“
Negative Correlation
• If the x-coordinates and the y-
coordinates have one
increasing and one
decreasing, then it is
NEGATIVE CORRELATION.
• This means that 1 is going up
and 1 is going down, making
a downhill graph. This means
the two are related as
opposites.
Negative Correlation
• If you look at the age of your family’s car and
its value, you will find as the car gets older, the
car is worth less. This is negative correlation.

Age 1 2 3 4 5
of car

Valu $30,000 $27,00 $23,50 $18,70 $15,35


e 0 0 0 0
No Correlation
• If there seems to be
no pattern, and the
points looked
scattered, then it is no
correlation.

• This means the two


are not related.
No Correlation
• If you look at the size
shoe a baseball player
wears, and their batting
average, you will find that
the shoe size does not
make the player better or
worse, then are not
related.
Scatterplots
Which scatterplots below show a linear trend?
a) c) Negative e)
Correlation

Positive
Correlation

b) d) f)

Constant
Correlation
Objective - To plot data points in the
coordinate plane and interpret scatter
plots.
y
Sport Utility Vehicles
(SUVs) Sales in U.S. 5

Vehicle Sales (Millions)


Year Sales (in Millions)
4
1991 0.9
1992 1.1 3
1993 1.4
1994 1.6 2
1995 1.7
1996 1
2.1
1997 2.4
1998 2.7 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 x
1992 1994 1996 1998 2000
1999 3.2 Year
Scatterplot - a coordinate graph of data points.

Trend appears linear. y


5

Vehicle Sales (Millions)


Trend is increasing. 4

Year  3

SUV Sales  2

Positive correlation. 1

Predict the sales in 2001. 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 x


1992 1994 1996 1998 2000
Year
Plot the data on the graph such that homework time
is on the y-axis and TV time is on the x-axis..
Time Spent Time Spent
Student Watching TV on Homework
Sam 30 min. 180 min.
Jon 45 min. 150 min.
Lara 120 min. 90 min.
Darren 240 min. 30 min.
Megan 90 min. 90 min.
Pia 150 min. 90 min.
Crystal 180 min. 90 min.
Plot the data on the graph such that homework time
is on the y-axis and TV time is on the x-axis.
TV Homework
240
30 min. 180 min. 210
45 min. 150 min. 180

Homework
120 min. 90 min.
Time on 150
120
240 min. 30 min.
90
90 min. 120 min.
60
150 min. 120 min. 30
180 min. 90 min.
30 90 150 210
60 120 180 240
Time Watching TV
Describe the relationship between time spent on
homework and time spent watching TV.
Trend appears linear.
240
Trend is decreasing. 210
180

Homework
Time on 150
120
90
Time on TV  60
30
Time on HW 
30 90 150 210
Negative correlation. 60 120 180 240
Time Watching TV

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