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for
manceTask15.
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Char
lesAndr
ewVer
.Lar
anang

11STEMB1

Pr
obl
em:

Aresearchgr oupi nt
endstofi
ndouti ftheirsecti
on’
sgr adesinEnglishhavea
si
gni
fi
cantr el
ationshi
pwiththeresul
tsofaschool wi
deEngl i
shprofi
ciencytest.
Gi
ven below area sampl eof10 students’gradesin Engli
sh and t
heirEngli
sh
pr
ofi
ciencytestscores.

Tabl
e1:Gr
adei
nEngl
ishv
s.Engl
ishPr
ofi
ciencyTestScor
e

Gr
adei
nEngl
i
sh Engl
ishProf
ici
ency
TestScore

87 85

90 91

87 88

77 79

80 80

75 74

96 95

82 82

88 87

78 79

Constr
uctascatt
erplotf
orthesedat
a.Thendescr
ibei
t shape(
s  for
m)t
,
 rend
(di
rect
ion)
, v
and ar
iat
ion(st
rengt
h).

Honorpl
edge:

 
"Iaf
fi
rmt
hatIhav
enotgi
venorr
ecei
vedanyunaut
hor
izedhel
pont
hisassi
gnmentandt
hatt
hiswor
kismy
own.
"
Scat
terPl
ot Answer
:

(Not ethatt he
scat t
erpl otshould
begr aphedby
hand.I fyouwant
toincludeascat t
er
plotfrom a
softwar e,itisal
l
ri
ght ,butmake
suret hatthe
scatterplot
graphedbyhandi s
present ,whichwill
bet heonet obe
checked. )

For
m Answer
:

Thescatterpl
ot'
sshape(for
m)isnonl
inearbecausethepoi
nts
arescat
teredapartanddonotcl
osel
yformt heshapeofasingl
e
l
ine.

Di
rect
ion Answer
:

Thescat
terplot
'st
rend(di
rect
ion)i
sposit
ivebecausethet
rend
l
inei
sincreasi
ng.Hence,t
hereisaposi
ti
verelat
ionshi
pbet
ween
theXandYv ari
abl
es.

Var
iat
ion Answer
:

Thescatt
erplot'
sv ar
iat
ion(st
rengt
h)i
sast r
ongrelati
onship
bet
weent hegiv
enXandYv ar
iabl
esbecausethepointsare
cl
uster
edv er
ycloselytothetr
endli
ne.Almostal
lpointsareon
andarenearthetrendli
ne.

Honorpl
edge:

 
"Iaf
fi
rmt
hatIhav
enotgi
venorr
ecei
vedanyunaut
hor
izedhel
pont
hisassi
gnmentandt
hatt
hiswor
kismy
own.
"