Question

What kind of relationship does the following scatter plot show?

A.
positive relationship, nonlinear

b.
positive relationship, linear

c.
negative relationship, linear

d.
no relationship

Answer 1

B. Positive relationship, linear

General Formulas and Concepts:

Statistics

Trends

• Positive Correlation - data is increasing
• Negative Correlation - data is decreasing
• No Correlation - data is scattered

Explanation:

According to the given graph, we see that our data is increasing. Therefore, there will be a positive relationship in the graph.

∴ Answers C and D are eliminated.

We also see that we can draw a best line of fit in the graph. Since we can approximate this data using a linear line, our answer choice would be B.