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Monday, October 19, 2015

Vocab Quiz Tomorrow!

Tonight, study your vocab!

Tomorrow we have our chapter 7 vocab quiz...then, it's on to some new stuff--residuals, the coefficient of determination, and linear regression!

Here are the (chapter 7) words that could end up on tomorrow's quiz:

  • Explanatory (or predictor) variable
  • Response Variable
  • Scatterplot
  • Bivariate
  • Outlier (in regard to a scatterplot)
  • Lurking Variable
  • Correlation (r)
  • Association
  • Positive Correlation/Association
  • Negative Correlation/Association
  • What three things do we have to comment on when we describe a scatterplot?
    • Direction
    • Form/Shape
    • Strength
  • What three things do we have to check to see if it's appropriate to use correlation? (conditions)

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