Scatter Plots: Blood Spatter

Use the data table to make your graph below.

1. What is the independent variable?

WIL
2. What is the dependent variable?

Angle of impact
Follow these steps to set up your graph.
1. Label your independent
variable on the x-axis. The
x-axis is the bottom of the
blood Pratice
graph. Make sure to put the
units of measurement next to
the label.
2. Label your dependent
variable on the y-axis. The
y-axis is the side of the
graph. Make sure to put the
units of measurement next to
the label.
3. Write a title for the graph. An iii
easy title format is “The
e ect of (independent
variable) on (dependent
variable)”
4. Use a uniform scale, giving
each box on the graph the
same value. Start each axis at 8
0. Your scale for the x-axis
should be 0.05. Your scale

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for the y-axis should be 4.
5. Clearly mark your data on WIL
your graph.
6. Make a best fit line rather than just connecting the dots. Remember, a best fit line can be a
straight line or a curved line.