Mathematics 0580 · IGCSE · Scatter diagrams

Scatter diagrams — practice question

A school keeps a record of the marks that students obtain in Paper 1 and Paper 2 for one subject. The scatter diagram displays the scores for twelve students.
(a)[1]

What type of correlation is shown by the scatter diagram?

(b)[1]

On the scatter diagram, draw a best-fit line.

(c)[1]

Use your line of best fit to estimate their Paper 2 score.

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