For this activity, students explore nine scatter plots to develop their understanding of how two quantitative variables are related. Through an exploration of the properties of this association, they come to understand the standard measure, Pearson's Correlation Coefficient. All materials, including discussion questions and points, and the scatter plots with analysis, are provided.

Concepts

scatter plots

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Additional Tags

introductory statistics, coefficient of correlation

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice

Common Core

HSS-ID.C.8 HSS-ID.C.9 HSS-ID.B.6.b HSS-ID.A.3