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Mathematics I

Scatterplots

Mathematics I

Scatterplots

  • Skill Summary

Creating and interpreting scatterplots

Learn

Constructing a scatter plot
(Opens a modal)
Example of direction in scatterplots
(Opens a modal)
Example: Correlation coefficient intuition
(Opens a modal)
Correlation and causality
(Opens a modal)
Positive and negative associations in scatterplots
(Opens a modal)

Practice

Constructing scatter plotsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Making appropriate scatter plotsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Positive and negative linear associations from scatter plotsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Describing trends in scatter plotsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Correlation coefficient intuitionGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Estimating with trend lines

Learn

Estimating the line of best fit exercise
(Opens a modal)
Line of best fit: smoking in 1945
(Opens a modal)
Interpreting a trend line
(Opens a modal)
Equations of trend lines: Phone data
(Opens a modal)

Practice

Eyeballing the line of best fitGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Estimating slope of line of best fitGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Estimating equations of lines of best fit, and using them to make predictionsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Interpreting slope and y-intercept for linear modelsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

About this unit

Scatterplots show us relationships and patterns in data, and we use those patterns to make predictions.