Mathematics

Grade 11 • Unit 17: Scatter Plot

LESSON 17.2
Constructing a Scatter Plot
Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Test Your Prerequisite Skills 2

DepEd Competency 2

Objectives 2

Warm-Up! 3

Learn about It! 3

Let’s Practice 4

Check Your Understanding 9

Key Points 10

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Lesson 17.2
Constructing a Scatter Plot

Fig. 1. Trees.

Introduction
Do you think that there is a relationship between the height of the tree and its diameter? Is it
correct to say that the taller the tree is, the longer its diameter becomes?

You can actually answer that by gathering information about some of the trees in your area.
Once you know their heights and diameters, you can plot them on a graph. This graph is called
a scatter plot. In this lesson, you will learn how to construct a scatter plot.

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Test Your Prerequisite Skills

Before you get started, answer the following items on a separate sheet of paper. This will help
you assess your prior knowledge and practice some skills that you will need in studying this
lesson.

A. Plot the following points in a Cartesian plane.

1. 𝐴(0, 5)
2. 𝐵(4, 3)
3. 𝐶(5, 2)
4. 𝐷(4, 0)
5. 𝐸(3, 4)

DepEd Competency
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to construct a scatter plot
(M11/12SP-IVg-3).

Objectives
At the end of this lesson, you should be able to do the following:

● Correctly represent bivariate data as ordered pairs.

● Accurately construct a scatter plot.

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Warm-Up!

Pair, Graph, Show!

Materials
● graphing paper
● pen

Instructions
1. This activity should be done in pairs.
2. The teacher will provide a set of ordered pairs in a worksheet for each pair.
3. Each pair should plot all the points on a graphing paper.
4. The plotted points will form some pattern, like shapes or figures, on the graphing
paper.
5. The first three pairs to show the teacher a finished work with the right pattern wins
the game.

Learn about It!

The activity in Warm-Up! is a review on graphing a set of ordered pairs in a coordinate plane.
For any bivariate data, we can assign one variable as 𝑥 and the other as 𝑦. If we do this, we
can form a set of ordered pairs (𝑥, 𝑦). These ordered pairs can be graphed in a coordinate
plane just like any other ordered pairs. This coordinate plane will be known as a scatter plot.
A scatter plot is a graph of a collection of ordered pairs (𝑥, 𝑦). The ordered pairs refer to the
two variables being observed and compared.

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Essential Question
How will you construct a scatter plot for bivariate data involving a categorical
variable?

A scatter plot looks like a bunch of dots on a Cartesian plane, and some of the points outline
a general shape or move in a general direction. Based on this graph, we can describe the
nature of the relationship that exists between the variables being observed.

To construct a scatter plot, do the following steps:

1. Construct the x- and y-coordinate axes.
2. Label the axes depending on the variables being observed.
3. Plot each point on the plane.

Essential Question
Can independent and dependent variables be interchanged? Why do you
say so?

Let’s Practice
Example 1
Construct a scatter plot of the following observations.

𝑿 3 6 7 8 8 12 13 14
𝒀 24 19 22 24 20 18 23 24

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Solution
Construct the x- and y-coordinate axes and label them based on the data.

Then, plot the points on the plane.

Try It Yourself!
Construct a scatter plot of the following observations.

𝑿 12 16 14 15 20 19 16 15
𝒀 33 34 46 36 22 19 22 25

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Example 2
Construct a scatter plot of the following data.

Age (in years) 12 14 20 24 26 28

Height (in inches) 48 58 62 68 70 66

Solution
Construct the 𝑥- and 𝑦-coordinate axes and label them based on the data. Then, plot the
points on the plane.

Try It Yourself!
Construct a scatter plot of the following data:

Age (in years) 12 14 20 24 26 28

Weight (in kilograms) 58 66 62 68 70 66

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Example 3
Construct a scatter plot of the following data.

Height (in inches) 60 48 55 62 72 77 80 66 60

Weight (in kg) 55 54 62 68 70 80 75 50 58

Solution
Construct the 𝑥- and 𝑦-coordinate axes and label them based on the data. Then, plot the
points on the plane.

Try It Yourself!
Construct a scatter plot of the following data.

Salary (in ten thousand) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Savings (in hundreds) 10 12 14 15 16 17 20

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Real-World Problems
Example 4
An ice cream store records the number of cones of ice cream sold in a day and the
temperature on that day. Observations from the last 9 days are shown in the table below.
Construct a scatter plot of the data.

Temperature (in °𝑪) 34.0 34.5 31.2 30.2 29.0 32.4 33.5 35.6 36.0
Number of Cones Sold 75 77 80 86 66 118 99 111 122

Solution
Construct the coordinate axes and label them based on the data. Then, plot the points on
the plane.

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Try It Yourself!
A basketball player practices his shooting skills every morning before a game. He recorded
the following data in the table below. Construct a scatter plot of the data.

Minutes of
60 65 55 45 75 60 80 55 50
Practice

Game Points 12 15 20 22 18 30 22 17 22

Check Your Understanding

A. Construct a scatter plot of the following sets of data.
1.
𝑿 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
𝒀 12 14 16 19 20 22 27

2.
𝑿 10 12 16 14 19 20 22 15
𝒀 12 34 26 29 30 21 28 24

3.
Age (in years) 12 16 20 22 24 25
Height (in cm) 144 150 155 160 159 171

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4.
Age (in years) 12 16 20 22 24 25
Weight (in kg) 36 40 42 55 63 60

5.
Grade in English 80 75 85 90 88 94
Grade in Science 88 84 93 85 80 88

6.
Anxiety Level 2 3 5 7 9 10
Final Grade 91 92 90 88 77 85

7.
Family Size 3 5 6 7 8 10 11 12
Savings (in
3.6 2.3 3.1 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.2 0.9
thousands)

Key Points

● A bivariate data is a kind of data that involves two variables.

● A scatter plot is a graph of a collection of ordered pairs (𝑥,𝑦) that refer to two variables.
The independent and dependent variables are set as 𝑥 and 𝑦, respectively.

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Bibliography

Bluman, Allen G., Elementary Statistics: A Step by Step Approach. New York: McGraw Hill
Education, 2013.

StatisticsHowTo. “Bivariate Analysis.” Accessed October 16, 2018.

http://www.statisticshowto.com/bivariate-analysis/.

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