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Scatter diagrams and correlation - CCEA GCSE Statistics quiz quiz

14questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. Points on a scatter diagram rise from bottom left to top right. This shows:

  2. Points scattered with no clear pattern show:

  3. A line of best fit should pass through the:

  4. Estimating a value within the range of the data using the line of best fit is called:

  5. Why is extrapolation unreliable?

  6. Strong positive correlation between two variables proves that:

  7. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient can take values:

  8. A Spearman's rank value of +0.9+0.9 indicates:

  9. In Spearman's formula rs=1βˆ’6βˆ‘d2n(n2βˆ’1)r_s = 1 - \dfrac{6\sum d^2}{n(n^2-1)}, the letter dd stands for the:

  10. For n=5n = 5 and βˆ‘d2=0\sum d^2 = 0, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient is:

  11. Before using Spearman's formula on raw scores, you must first:

  12. Which statement describes a reliable prediction from a scatter diagram?

  13. Ice cream sales and sunburn cases both rise in summer. The best explanation is:

  14. On a scatter diagram, the explanatory variable is usually plotted on the: