In this lesson students will:
- Draw and interpret scatter diagrams
- Identify correlation (eg ‘strong negative’)
- Draw a line of best fit and use to predict values
- Predict correlation (including strength) from real-life examples when data not given (eg house price with distance from London)
KS3 Maths Curriculum Area
Statistics Describe simple mathematical relationships between two variables (bivariate data) in observational and experimental contexts and illustrate using scatter graphs.
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Scatter Diagrams for KS3 Maths
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