IXL | Identify trends with scatter plots

Does this scatter plot show a positive trend, a negative trend, or no trend?

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positive trend

negative trend

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Does this scatter plot show a positive trend, a negative trend, or no trend?

positive trend

negative trend

no trend

key idea

A scatter plot shows a positive trend if y tends to increase as x increases.

A scatter plot shows a negative trend if y tends to decrease as x increases.

A scatter plot shows no trend if there is no obvious pattern.

solution

Look at the scatter plot. As x increases, y tends to increase.

Draw the line that best fits the data. Notice that this line has a positive slope.

This scatter plot shows a positive trend.

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Lesson: Correlation

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