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7.1 Scatter diagrams

1 Match the diagrams with the description of their correlation.

a positive correlation

b negative correlation

c no correlation

d nonlinear

i ii

iii iv

2 A farmer has 8 henhouses with different numbers of chickens in

each. The scatterplot shows the number of chickens in each
henhouse and the average number of eggs laid per day.

a Copy and complete the following sentence.

As the number of chickens …………………………,

the …………………………………………………… increases.

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b Now write a similar sentence for this scatterplot.

3 Do the following data sets have a positive, negative, or no correlation?

a The height of a teenager and the year

b The temperature and the day of the week

c The amount of bacteria on your hands and the number of times you wash your hands

4 The height of a plant and the distance they are planted apart are shown in this table.

Distance apart (cm) Height (cm)

62 120

63 125

67 155

68 135

69 175

a Show this data on a scatterplot.

b Describe the correlation.

c Describe the situation with a suitable sentence.

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Answers

1 a iii b i c ii d iv

2 a As the number of chickens increases, the number of eggs increases.

b As the age of a car increases, the price of a car decreases.

3 a Positive

b No correlation

c Negative

4 a

b Positive correlation.

c As the distance apart increases, the height of a plant increases.

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