Scatter plots: create your own data

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Published on 2018 July 27th

Description
Find out what a scatter plot is and how it can be used to investigate relationships between two variables. Gather and analyse data for a pair of variables such as hand span and foot length. Enter your data set and plot it on a graph. Use a line of best fit to identify if there is a positive or negative relationship between the two variables. This learning object is one in a series of five objects.
Objective
1. Students explore the characteristics and uses of scatter plots.
2. Students use a scatter plot to identify if there is a positive or negative relationship between a pair of variables.
3. Students interpret bivariate data in tables and graphs.

Curriculum Information

K to 12
Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 10
Mathematics
Statistics and Probability Statistics and probability
Learners, Students

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