Scatter diagrams are used to explore patterns between two sets of data. The table shows the results of eight students' maths and science marks in an assessment. Construct a scatter graph that ...

I often teach in my statistics class that correlation should not be confused with causation. That is, observing that two variables move together does not necessarily mean that one variable caused the ...

The 'line of best fit' is a line that goes roughly through the middle of all the scatter points on a graph. The closer the points are to the line of best fit the stronger the correlation is. This ...

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