Describe Correlation

Is the association a positive or negative association?

• Positive

• Negative

What is the correlation between length of running start and distance of jump?

• positive: the further you run the further you jump

• negative: the less you run the less distance of your jump

• positive: the further your running start the less your distance

• negative: the more you run the less distance you jump

Describe the association for the scatterplot based on data plotted.

• As the weeks increase, the amount of money on the gift card increases.

• As the weeks decrease, the amount of money on the gift card increases.

• There is no relationship between the time in weeks and the amount of dollars.

• As the weeks increase, the amount of money on the gift card decreases.

What type of correlation (association)? The outside temperature and the amount of layers you wear.

• Positive correlation

• Negative correlation

• No correlation

The correlation coefficient is a number "r" such that: 

• -1<r<1

• -1>r>1

• -1≤r≤1

• -1≥r≤1

What type of association does this graph have?

• positive 

• negative

• none

• all of the above

What type of association does this graph have?

• positive

• negative

• none

• all of the above

Describe a correlation with a coefficient of r=-0.89

• Strong positive

• Weak positive

• Strong negative

• Weak negative

Estimate the correlation coefficient

• r = 1

• r = -1

• r ≈ -0.8

• r ≈ 0.8

• r ≈ -0.5

• strong positive

• strong negative

• weak positive

• weak negative