ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Golden Ratio Scattered Plots
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson is a discovery lesson where the students have to create a scattered plot and find a linear correlation that approximates the golden ratio.
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Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Line Plot
Find a quick, concise explanation of a line plot. An example is given and clearly explained.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Linear Models
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explores both linear models and scatter plots.
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Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Scatter Plots
Find a quick, concise explanation of what a scatter plot is. Several examples are given and clearly explained.
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Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Scatter Plots
Six problems present various aspects of using scatter plots. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the "View Solution" button to check each step of...
Other
Coe College: Definition of Scatter Plot
This Coe College site contains the definition of scatter plot. Glossary and looking at data section included.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Nctm: Ask Dr. Math: Graphing Scatter Plots
This page is in response to a question that someone emailed Dr. Math. It shows how to make a scatter plot for peoples' height and shoe sizes. The information is somewhat brief, but worth checking out on the subject.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Nctm: Ask Dr. Math: Correlation of a Scatterplot
This page from Ask Dr. Math describes the correlation of a scatterplot and gives an example of one with no correlation.
Palomar Community College District
Palomar College: Scatter Plot
This site, which is provided for by the Palomar College, gives a sample problem of how to graph a scatter plot, including the appropriate axes.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Scatterplots and Regressions
Explains the purpose of scatterplots, and demonstrates how to draw them.
Rice University
Rice University: The Hand Squeeze
Students will enjoy this data collection and class analysis experiment involving the time it takes for a hand squeeze to travel around a circle of people. From organizing the activity to collecting the data to making a table and graphing...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Sports and Math: Will Women Athletes Ever Catch and Surpass
Explore, explain and make conclusions based on graphs of scatter plots of the Olympic records for men and women in the same event over the same years. Plot x- and y-values, and create linear equations from the data.
Iowa State University
Iowa State Univ: Plotting Scatter Plot in X Gobi
Site explains how the XGobi computer program can be used to plot data in a scatter plot.