LET’S PRACTISE

Draw a scatter plot for each data set.

1 A store tracked the percent increase in sales for different values of discounts.

Discount (x%) 10 20 20 35 30 10 40

Increase in number of sales (y%) 1 2 3 15 9 2 32

Discount (x%) 25 15 15 25 40 35 20

Increase in number of sales (y%) 4 1 2 5 30 16 5

Source: Mikaela’s store

2 A group of 14 students determined the mean time they spent each week doing homework.
They compared their homework time against their final mark.

Weekly homework time (x hours) 2 3 5 6 7 4 9

Final mark (y%) 52 62 78 82 76 80 90

Weekly homework time (x hours) 8 5 6 4 7 9 3

Final mark (y%) 84 72 70 62 72 86 56

Source: Karl’s friend group

Describe the relationship shown in the data for each scatter plot.

3 y 4 y

x x

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Describe the relationship shown in the data for each scatter plot.

5 y 6 y

x x

Identify the outlier(s) in each scatter plot.

7 8
y y

5 5

4 4

3 3

2 2

1 1

x x
0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5

Answer the question.

9 The scatter plots are drawn to show the relationship between the same variables.
Which of these graphs is misleading? Why?

y y

x x
Graph P Graph Q

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