Question

When you plot the following data in a scatter

plot, will your trend line be increasing,
decreasing, or horizontal?
X
2.
4
5
6
7
10
Y
3 1 2
0 -2 -7
A. Increasing
B. Decreasing
C. Horizontal

Answer 1

B. Decreasing

Explanation:

From the table, we can see that as variable x increases, variable y decreases relatively.

If the data points are plotted on a scatter plot, the trend line would be sloping downwards from our left to our right. This shows that the trend line is decreasing because the sloping downwards from the left to the right shows implies a decrease.