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Appendix S. Assessing Your Understanding
about correlations

Assessing Your Understanding #3

1. What is a correlation?

2. What do scatter plots tell you?

3. What is the difference between negative correlation and positive correlation?

4. Describe the purpose of a best fit line and how it is created.

5. What is slope? DO NOT JUST GIVE THE FORMULA. PROVIDE WHAT IT MEANS IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

6. What does the y-intercept mean on a graph?

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