Name: Camar, Kathryn P.

Section: BS PSYCHOLOGY 2-1P/ Psychological Statistics | Section 1PPSYC104

Activity 1 for Correlation

1.What does a scatter diagram show, and what does it consist of?

Answer:
A scatter diagram is like a visual map showing how two things relate. Imagine you have data for two things, like how
much you study (X) and how well you do on a test (Y).
For example, picture a graph with dots on it. Each dot represents one person's study time and their test score. The
more to the right a dot is, the more they study (that's the X-axis). The higher up a dot is, the better they did on the
test (that's the Y-axis).
By looking at these dots, you can see if there's a connection between study time and test scores. Are the dots sloping
upwards, showing that when people study more, they tend to do better on the test? Or are the dots scattered all
over, with no clear pattern?
It's like a visual guide to see how two things are related: if they're connected and how strong that connection might
be.

2. (a) Which variable goes on the horizontal axis when one variable in a study can be thought of as
predicting another variable? (b) Which goes on the vertical axis?
Answer:
(a) The X-axis. because it is always in horizontal and usually goes on the left-to-right side of the graph
that also considered as independent variable. This axis used to predict, make guesses or explain
changes in the other variable.
(b) The Y-axis. It is the variable that goes in vertical axis and also referred to as the dependent or
response variable. This axis helps to see how its influencing it is by the first thing you’re studying
because it is one that might change based on the first, and goes up and down on the graph.

3. Make a scatter diagram for the following scores for four people who were each tested on two variables, X
and Y. X is the variable we are predicting from; it can have scores ranging from 0 to 6. Y is the variable being
predicted; it can have scores from 0 to 7.
Answer: