Statistics and Volume · Data and Measurement

Bivariate Data and Scatter Plots

Constructing and interpreting scatter plots to investigate patterns of association between two quantities.

Key Questions

  1. 1What does the clustering of data points reveal about the relationship between two variables?
  2. 2How can a line of best fit be used to make predictions about unknown data?
  3. 3Why does correlation between two variables not necessarily imply that one causes the other?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.8.SP.A.1CCSS.Math.Content.8.SP.A.2
Grade: 8th Grade
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Statistics and Volume
Period: Data and Measurement

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