CHAPTER 3, SECTION 1, DAY 2 (Reiner)

Date: ___________________________

Examining a Scatterplot:

Example:

Clusters:

• What is a cluster?

• What may have caused the clusters in the previous example?

Example 3.4: The Sanchez household is about to install solar panels to reduce the cost of
heating their house. In order to know how much the solar panels help, they record their
consumption of natural gas before the panels are installed. Gas consumption is higher in cold
weather, so the relationship between outside temperature and gas consumption is important.
The table gives data for 16 months.
What is the explanatory variable? The response variable?

What association does the scatterplot show?

What is the strength of the relationship?

Are there any deviations or outliers?

Example 3.5: The South has long lagged behind the rest of the US in the performance of its
schools. Looking at the scatterplot of “percent of graduates taking the SAT” versus “state
average SAT Math score,” we can focus on the Southern states, marked with a plus sign (+). By
doing this, we’re now adding a third variable to our data, a ____________________.

Thoughts??

Example 3.6: After the Sanchez household gathered the information recorded in the previous
example, they added solar panels to their house. They then measured their natural gas
consumption for 23 more months. To see how the solar panels affected gas consumption, let’s
add ______________ as a categorical variable, shown as open circles.

Note:
Making a scatterplot in the calculator:

1. Enter x into L1 and y into L2.

2. Define scatterplot in the statistics plot menu and specify your settings.

3. Use ZoomStat (Zoom -> 9) to view your scatterplot.

Assignment:

p. 129-130 #3.11

p. 132 #3.12

p. 135-136 #3.15, 3.16