Scatterplots and

correlation
?What is scatterplot
Example

the salaries and average

attendances at home games for the
teams in Major
League Baseball in 2009 are shown
in graphical
form at the below and in tabular
form in the top.
?What is correlation
Some forms of correlation
Example
Activity 1
 r=0.3
r=0.7
r=0

r=-0.7
r=-0.3
How to calculate correlation
?coefficient
 Example
Calculate the correlation coefficient for the gross
domestic products and carbon dioxide emissions data
 Using calculator
We can use calculator to find the correlation as follow
Mode-sat-2-inter the value of x and y (press = after each
=-value)-AC-shift 1-reg –r(3)
Try the previous example by calculator