Question

You keep track of the daily hot chocolate sales and the outside temperature each day. The data you gathered is shown in the data table below.

Hot Chocolate Sales and Outside Temperatures
Sales ($) $100 $213 $830 $679 $209 $189 $1,110 $456 $422 $235 $199
Temperature (°F) 92° 88° 54° 62° 85° 16° 52° 65° 68° 89° 91°
how would you describe the correlation in the data? Explain your reasoning

Answer 1

There is a negative correlation.

Explanation:

The point on the scatter plot are downwards sloping. This implies that there is a negative relationship between the variables temperature and sales. Thus, there is a negative correlation.