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Cuemath

Cuemath: Scatter Plot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive guide for learning all about scatter plots with definitions, how to construct and solve them, types of scatter plots, solved examples, and practice questions.
Handout
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Scatter Plots and Correlations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives information on scatter plots, along with examples showing high positive correlation, low negative correlation, high negative correlation, no correlation, and low positive correlation.
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Interactive: Scatter Plot

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Use this interactive applet to input a series of (x, y) ordered pairs and plot them. Parameters such as minimum and maximum value, minimum and maximum y value, and x- and y-scale can be set by the user or determined by the applet.
Handout
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Nctm: Ask Dr. Math: Stem and Leaf and Scatter Plots

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
This site is a question/response page which focuses on stem-and-leaf representation and how to construct scatter plots. Dr. Math works through an example and gives commentary notes. Site also contains links for more help.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Birthday Scatter Plot

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students will be able to interpret a scatter plot to see if there is a relationship between the two variables.
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Scatter Plot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Graph ordered pairs and customize the graph title and axis labels. Points are connected from left to right, rather than being connected in the order they are entered.
eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Tea Statistics: The Regression Equation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A tutorial on how to find the line of best fit or least-squares regression line for a set of data in a scatter plot using different methods and calculations.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyzing Scatterplots

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Given a set of data, the student will be able to generate a scatterplot, determine whether the data are linear or non-linear, describe an association between the two variables, and use a trend line to make predictions for data with a...
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US Department of Education

National Center for Education Statistics: Create a Graph Tutorial

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This tutorial walks students through how to create different types of graphs using the Create a Graph tool available on the website. Covers bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts, area graphs, scatter plots, and dependent and independent...
Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Cultivating Data

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will understand key concepts of data analysis and their graphic representations. Students will construct and interpret data tables, line plots, box-and-whisker plots and stem-and-leaf plots, scatterplots with line of best fit,...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.sp Birds' Eggs

For Teachers 8th Standards
A scatter plot showing data for the sizes of birds' eggs is presented. Students are to look for correlations and make predictions whose values fall within the data range. They are also to make generalizations about the characteristics of...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: S Id.7 Used Subaru Foresters

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Jane wants to sell her Subaru Forester and does research online to find other cars for sale in her area. She examines the scatterplot of price versus age and determines that a linear model is appropriate. Answer a variety of questions...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.sp.1 Hand Span and Height

For Teachers 8th Standards
This task looks at a possible relationship between height and hand size. Students collect data from classmates, make a scatter plot, and explain the relationship as linear or nonlinear. Aligns with 8.SP.A.1.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Types of Data Representation: Graphic Displays of Data

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Here you will explore displays of data using bar charts, histograms, pie charts and boxplots, and learn about the differences and similarities between them and how...
Handout
Other

Stat Soft: Multiple Regression

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource has a lot of information on multiple regression. It also contains information on the regression line.
Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Regression Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A collection of lesson ideas, a practice activity, and teacher resources for exploring regression analysis.
Interactive
Duke University

Duke University: Web Feats Ii: Lessons on Regression at Hessian

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site has several lessons on regression, "Designed to help students visualize topics associated with lines of regression, given a set of data points." Go to the teacher notes to find the objectives and standards which apply.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Collecting Data and Making Predictions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given an experimental situation, the student will write linear functions that provide a reasonable fit to data to estimate the solutions and make predictions.
Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Scatterplots and Regressions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explains the purpose of scatterplots, and demonstrates how to draw them.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Boat Registration and Manatee Deaths in Florida

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will explore the data on boat registrations and manatee deaths in Florida. They will use the data, the graph of the data and the line of best fit to make predictions about the relationship of the data.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: S Id, F if Laptop Battery Charge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This task uses a situation that is familiar to learners to solve a problem they probably have all encountered before: How long will it take until an electronic device has a fully charged battery? Given data, students perform a variety of...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Statistics: Least Squares Regression

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This Concept introduces students to least-squares regression.
Website
Other

Correlation Coefficients

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page provides a good discussion of correlation coefficients (r,) which indicate the "strength of the linear association between variables." Includes formulas and scatter plots. Some prior knowledge of statistics might be helpful.

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