WELCOME TO THE

SCATTER PLOTS
Objectives
1. Illustrate the nature of bivariate data.
2. Construct a scatter plot.
3. Describe shapes (form), trend (direction),
and variation (strength) based on the
scatter plot.
 Activity 1
Guided Questions ( 3mins)
a. Determine what factors/ variables could
be involved in the scenario.
b. Determine whether you think the
statement is always true, sometimes true,
or never true.
Explain your conclusion. ( 2 sentences)
The number of books read is
related to the size of your
vocabulary.
The years someone invests to
the compound interest he
will earn.
Level of water lowers in a fish
tank, the volume of the
habitat for the fish decreases.
Temperature to the number
of clothing layers people
wear
 The number of outfits
purchased by a teenage girl is
related to the size of the
house she lives in.
Guided Questions
a. Which variable causes the other
variable to change?
b. What variable is influenced or
affected by the other variable?
Independent variable
- is the variable that can cause
the dependent variable to change.
dependent variable
- is the variable that is
influenced or affected by the
independent variable.
Bivariate Data
- data which are collected in the
type of study involving two variables.
These data are always in pairs.
Ex.
- a researcher wants to find out if
there is a relationship between height
and weight.
Scatter Plots
- are diagrams that are used to show
the degree and pattern of relationship
between the two sets of data.
- they are constructed on the xy-
coordinate plane.
- the abscissa of the point is a value of
the independent variable (x) and the
ordinate is a value of the dependent
variable (y).
Example 1
The table below shows the time in hours (x)
spent by six grade 11 students in studying their
lessons and their scores (y) on a test. Construct
a scatter plot.

Time Spent (x) 1 2 3 4 5 6

Score (y) 5 15 10 15 30 35
Time Spent (x) 1 2 3 4 5 6
Score (y) 5 15 10 15 30 35
40

30
Score (y)

20

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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Time (x)
 Activity 2

Plot Me!!
Task:
Plot Me!!
• Each row choose a table, then plot of the given values.
• After 3 minutes, select a pair/buddy and share the
output. Compare your work and discuss the answer in the
Guided Questions given.
• Output will be presented to the class.
 Guided Questions ( 2mins)

• Identify the two variables.

• Describe the shapes (form), trend
(direction), and variation (strength) of
the dots based on your scatter plot.
RUBRIC for Rating the OUTPUT
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5 6
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250

200
Height (cm)

150

100

50

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0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
Age (years)
 How could you measure the
strength of the relationship?

Correlation Analysis
 The strength of association between
the two variables on the scatter plot
can be estimated by observing the dots.

•If the dots are on a straight line pointing upward

to the right, then there is a perfect positive
correlation.
•If the dots are on a straight line pointing
downward to the right, then there is a perfect
negative correlation.
•If the dots are concentrated around a
straight line pointing upward to the right,
then there is a strong positive correlation.

•If the dots are concentrated around a

straight line pointing downward to the right,
then there is a strong negative correlation.
•If the dots are not close but are not too far from
the straight line that they seem to follow, then
there is a moderately positive correlation or
moderately negative correlation depending on the
direction of the straight line.
•If the dots in the scatter plot are widely spread,
then the correlation is weak.
•If the dots are neither following a straight line
pointing upward or downward to the right, then
there is no correlation.
• A scatter plot (or scatter diagram) is used to show the
relationship between two variables
Strong relationships Weak relationships

y y

x x

y y

x x
 No relationship

x
 Activity 3
1. Construct a scatter plot.
2. Determine the direction of the straight line that the data
points seem to follow.
3. Determine the strength of correlation between the two
variables depicted in the scatter plot.
Group 1
The table below shows the time in hours spent by six students
in playing computer games and the scores these students got
on a math test.
Time Spent (x) 1 2 3 4 5 6
Score (y) 30 25 25 10 15 5
Group 2 Activity 3
The table below shows the number of selfies (x) posted online
of students and the scores (y) they obtained from a Science
test.
Number of selfies (x) 1 2 3 4 5 6
Scores in Science Test (y) 35 7 20 40 25 9

Group 3
The table below shows the number of composition notebooks
and the corresponding costs. The cost per notebook is P25.

Number of notebooks 1 2 3 4 5 6
Cost 25 50 75 100 125 150
Group 4 Activity 3
Norman & Beth traveled from city A to city B which is 280 km
apart. They traveled at a constant rate of 40 km/h. Beth decided
to write on a piece of paper the distance they still need to travel
after 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, and so on until they reached city B.
These are shown in the ff. table.
x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
y 240 200 160 120 80 40 0

Group 5
Shown on the table below are bivariate data.
X 4 2 8 10 12 14 6 16
y 10 5 25 10 15 20 5 10
 Correlation is the strength of linear
association between two numerical
variables in a population is
determined by the correlation
coefficient, r, whose range is -1 to +1.
APPICATION
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 Assignment
• An investigator obtains scores for job satisfaction
and blood pressure from each of 10 employees.
Higher scores for job satisfaction reflect higher
levels of job satisfaction.
– What is the correlation coefficient between Job
Satisfaction
– Please provide a scatterplot with the systolic BP on the
X-axis and scores for job satisfaction on the Y-axis.
Job Systolic
Satisfaction BP
• Job Systolic
• Satisfaction BP
• --------------- ---------
• 34 124
• 23 128
• 19 157
• 43 133
• 56 116
• 47 125
• 32 147
• 16 167
• 55 110
• 25 156
 1200

1000
Systolic blood pressure

800

600

400

200

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0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Number of cups of coffee
 1200

1000
AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT

800

600

400

200

0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
HOURS IN THE MALL