Practice: Section 6-3

Integration Statistics: Scatter Plots and Best-Fit Lines

Correlation Analysis

Directions: Which graphs show a correlation between the variables? If there is a correlation, is it positive, negative, or not possible to tell?

Problems 1–3

Best Fit Problems 1 to 3

Problems 4–6

Best Fit Problems 4 to 6

Test Score Analysis

The average California Achievement Test scores in mathematics and science for Wesley High School sophomores from 1985 to 1989 are given in the table below:

California Achievement Test Scores Table
Coordinate Plane for Scatter Plot

7. Make a scatter plot of the data using the coordinate plane provided above.

8. Does the scatter plot show a positive or negative correlation?

9. Predict the mathematics score corresponding to a science score of 50.

10. Predict the science score corresponding to a mathematics score of 65.