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Constructing a Scatter Plot
This video lesson teaches students how to construct a scatter plot by graphing data on a coordinate plane. It explains the importance of labeling the x and y axes correctly and demonstrates how to plot points using coordinate pairs. The...
Curated OER
How Do You Make a Scatter Plot?
So you've got some x-values and some y-values and you want to make a scatter plot. First thing is to make a table for your x and y values. Then make ordered pairs and you can plot them.
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How Do You Use a Scatter Plot to Find a Negative Correlation?
Organize your data on a graph. Use the data, pair them up as coordinate pairs, then graph them, resulting in a scatter plot. But how, you ask? Watch this tutorial to learn the step-by-step process needed to draw a scatter plot and...
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What's a Scatter Plot?
Scatter plots refer to a graph of given data. Scatter plots offer a way to look at information and allows the observer to analyze and interpret possible meanings and trends of the given data. Predictions can often be made based on the...
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What Does it Mean To Have No Correlation?
What does it mean when a scatter plot graph shows that there is no correlation? Does it have something to do with the slope of the line of fit? Yes, it certainly does have to do with the line of fit. If the slope of the line is zero,...
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How Do You Use a Scatter Plot to Find a Positive Correlation?
You can use a scatter plot to determine if there is a positive, negative, or no correlation between the given data. After graphing data you need to find a line of fit, a line that best represents the data you've graphed. It will be the...
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How Do You Use a Scatter Plot to Find No Correlation?
How do you determine the correlation in a set of data? Plot the data, find the line of fit, then use that line to determine if the correlation is positive, negative, or no correlation. This tutorial demonstrates that when a line of fit...
Curated OER
How Do You Make a Scatter Plot?
So you've got some x-values and some y-values and you want to make a scatter plot. First thing is to make a table for your x and y values. Then make ordered pairs and you can plot them.
Curated OER
How Do You Write and Use a Prediction Equation?
Goodness! There are a lot of steps in getting to the final solution in this word problem. Watch this video and follow along as the instructor explains each and every step. There's a scatter plot, a line of fit, writing an equation based...
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What's Negative Correlation?
If the y-value decreases as the x-value increases then you have a negative correlation. Meaning that the line-of-fit has a negative slope.
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How Do You Use a Scatter Plot to Find a Line of Fit?
What is a line-of-fit? Given a data set, plot the ordered pairs on a graph. It looks like a scatter plot. Now estimate, and draw a line that best fits what the data represents. That is your line-of-fit.
Virtual Nerd
What's Positive Correlation?
If the y-value increases as the x-value increases then you have a positive correlation. Meaning that the line-of-fit has a positive slope.
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What's Negative Correlation?
If the y-value decreases as the x-value increases then you have a negative correlation. Meaning that the line-of-fit has a negative slope.
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How Do You Use a Scatter Plot to Find a Line of Fit?
What is a line-of-fit? Given a data set, plot the ordered pairs on a graph. It looks like a scatter plot. Now estimate, and draw a line that best fits what the data represents. That is your line-of-fit.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: The Median Median Line and Least Absolute Value Line
This lesson explains how to use the median-median line to fit a line to data when there are outliers away from the general pattern. Includes downloadable study guide with exercises - guide also covers other topics. [18:59]
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Study Edge Statistics: Interpreting Slope and Y Intercept
This lesson explains how to interpret the slope and the y-intercept for a scatter plot. Includes downloadable study guide with exercises - guide also covers other topics. [7:39]
Loyola University Chicago
Math Flix: Graphs: Scatter Plot Decoding
This QuickTime movie provides an opportunity to create a data table by analyzing a scatter plot. As you watch and listen to the teacher and student interact it helps clarify the thinking behind applying this concept.
Virtual Nerd
Virtual Nerd: What's Negative Correlation?
Learn about line-of-fit, negative slope, and negative correlation by watching this tutorial. [1:02]
Virtual Nerd
Virtual Nerd: What Does It Mean to Have No Correlation?
Learn about no correlation and see how to tell if data shows no correlation by watching this tutorial. [1:07]
Virtual Nerd
Virtual Nerd: How Do You Make a Scatter Plot?
Take a look at this tutorial to see how to take data from a table and plot it to create a scatter plot. [4:46]
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Virtual Nerd: How Do You Write and Use a Prediction Equation?
This tutorial illustrates how to draw a line of fit on a scatter plot and find the equation of that line in order to make a prediction based on the data already given. [6:47]
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Graphing Calculator Practice Problems: Statistics
Practice using your graphing calculator for statistics problems, including displaying and interpreting data. If you get stumped or if you would like to check your work, then select the View Solution button, which is located directly...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Graphing Scatter Plots
Use collected data to graph scatter plots on a coordinate plane. Take quiz to check understanding.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Graphing Scatter Plots
Create a scatter plot by displaying data on a coordinate plane. Assess understanding with a quiz.