Statistics Vocabulary

What is a scatterplot?

• Steepness of a line

• Shows the relationship between two variables

• A graph in which the values of two variables is plotted along two axies

• A straight line

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CCSS.HSS.ID.B.6

What is an association?

• Represents the relationship between two variables in a graph

• A straight line

• A point that lies outside a pattern

• Not a straight line, can be curved.

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CCSS.HSS.ID.B.5

What is linear?

• Steepness of a line

• Shows the relationship between two variables

• A point that lies outside a pattern

• A straight line

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CCSS.HSA.REI.D.10

What is non-linear?

• A straight line

• The steepness of a line

• The equation of a line that best fits a given set of data

• Not a straight line; can be curved

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CCSS.8.F.A.3

What is a line of best fit?

• A point outside a pattern

• A graph in which the values of two variables is plotted along two axies

• The equation of a line that best fits a given set of data

• Not a straight line; can be curved

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.2

CCSS.HSS.ID.B.6

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.7

What is an outlier?

• A straight line

• The steepness of a line

• A point that lies outside of a pattern

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.3

What is point-slope form?

• A point that lies outside a pattern

• The steepness of a line

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.2

CCSS.HSA.REI.D.10

What is slope?

• A straight line

• The steepness of a line

• Not a straight line; can be curved

• A graph in which two values are plotted along two axies

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

What is Positive Association?

• y decreases as x increases

• no trend

• y increases as x increases

• How spread out the points are from each other

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

What is negative association?

• y increases as x increases

• y decreases as x increases

• no trend

• How spread out the points are from eachother

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CCSS.HSS.ID.B.5