KIN 401: Lesson 2, Part 3, Correlation
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Scatter Plot (2)
- Designate one variable x and the other y.
- Although in some cases it does not matter which is which, in cases where one variable is used to predict the other, x is the "predictor" variable (the variable you're predicting from).
- Draw axes of equal length for your graph.
- Determine the range of values for each variable. Place the high values of x to the right on the horizontal axis and the high values of y toward the top of the vertical axis. Label convenient points along each axis.
- For each pair of scores, find the point of intersection for the x and y values and indicate it with a dot.
- Label each axis and give the entire graph a name.