8th Grade Math : Data
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Example Question #1 : Data
The scatter plot provided displays a group of students' test scores versus the number of missing assignments the students have. Based on plot, select the best answer that describes the direction of the points.
A positive, nonlinear association
A positive, linear association
A negative, non linear association
A negative, linear association
A negative, linear association
The data points in the scatter plot move up the y-axis as the x-axis decreases; thus the data points show a negative association. Also, the data points do not curve, or go up and down, but gradually decreased; thus the scatter plot shows a linear association. We could even draw a "best fit" line:
Example Question #2 : Data
A teacher at a high school conducted a survey of seniors and found that 
To help answer this question, we can construct a two-way table and fill in our known quantities from the question.
The columns of the table will represent the students who have a laptop or do not have a laptop and the rows will contain the students who have a car or do not have a car. The first bit of information that we were given from the question was that 
Our question asked how many students have a laptop, but do not own have a car. We can take the total number of students that own a lap top, 
This means that 
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