Scatter Plot Vocab

Each point on a
scatter plot

• Slope

• Order Pair

• Data Gap

• Positive Association

A pattern in data points that when graphed show an association not similar to a line

• Nonlinear
  Association

• Negative
  Association

• Linear
  Association

• Positive
  Association

Tags

CCSS.8.F.A.3

Ratio of the change in y-values in comparison to x-values

• Bivariate
  Measurement
  Data

• Y-intercept

• Slope

• Positive
  Association

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Trend Line

• A line on a scatter plot, drawn near the points, that shows a correlation

• A trend line that shows the relationship between two sets of data most accurately

• When y tends to increase as x increases in a relationship between two sets of data

• Estimating a value between two known values

Line of Best Fit

• A trend line that shows the relationship between two sets of data most accurately

• When y tends to decrease as x increases in a relationship between two sets of data

• A line on a scatter plot, drawn near the points, that shows a correlation

• Estimating a value between two known values

A graph that shows the relationship between two data sets where the two sets of data are graphed as ordered pairs.

• Scatter Plot

• Bivariate Data

• Joint Frequency

• Graph

A line drawn on a scatter plot that is close to most of the data points.

• Best fitting line

• Best Linear Line

• Line of best fit

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5