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Handout
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Scatter Plots

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explains, with examples, what scatter plots are and how to interpret the data. Discusses trends, interpolation and extrapolation, and correlation. Includes a set of practice questions.
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eBook
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Nist: Engineering Statistics Handbook: Scatter Plots and Linear Regression

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation of scatter plots followed by examples of the many different kinds of scatter plots.
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Least Squares Regression

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Create your own scatter plot or use real-world data and try to fit a line to it. Explore how individual data points affect the correlation coefficient and best-fit line.
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Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Regression Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A collection of lesson ideas, a practice activity, and teacher resources for exploring regression analysis.
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Tea Statistics: The Regression Equation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A tutorial on how to find the line of best fit or least-squares regression line for a set of data in a scatter plot using different methods and calculations.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Collecting Data and Making Predictions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given an experimental situation, the student will write linear functions that provide a reasonable fit to data to estimate the solutions and make predictions.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Algebra 1 for Ccss

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a complete, full-year Algebra 1 course with interactivity included in every lesson. Some lessons include videos, and all include interactives and inline questions that offer instant, per-answer feedback. Every lesson also has...
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Unit Plan
Cuemath

Cuemath: Scatter Plot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive guide for learning all about scatter plots with definitions, how to construct and solve them, types of scatter plots, solved examples, and practice questions.
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eBook
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Scatter Plots

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Get independent practice working with scatter plots. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
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Graphic
Duke University

Duke University: Introduction to Linear Regression

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page discusses linear regression, its equations, background, and applications. Provides questions, answers, formulas, and explanations for understanding.
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Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Scatter Plots

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Three different concepts are examined about scatter plots. Topics featured are collecting data, analyzing scatter plots, and determining a line of "best fit". The lesson has an overview, material, procedures, and evaluation techniques.
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Handout
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Regression Method

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page goes over what regression method is and how a regression line fits in. Dr. MAth also suggests a book on regression if you are interested.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Line of Best Fit

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In these questions, students will find the linear equation of best fit for a set of data and interpret the correlation coefficient. Questions are multiple-choice and true/false; solutions are provided.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: An Exploration of Direct Variation and Linear Regression

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will use this activity for the following Algebra concepts: Review of Direct Variation; Properties of direct variations; Finding the constant of variations from data sets; Find missing values in data sets both numerically and...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Scatterplots and Correlation With Ti 89

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students input data relating the values of one variable associated with values of another and use these data to generate a scatterplot. From the scatterplot, they determine whether there is a correlation between the two variables and...
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Lesson Plan
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Variable Estadisticas Bidimensionales

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In Spanish. This interactive unit shows you the statistical relationship between two variables.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Fitting Lines to Data

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Make a scatter plot of data and find the line of best fit to represent that data.
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Graphic
Other

Sky Mark: Scatter Plots

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page gives a description of scatter plots along with examples. Also provides explanations and statistics to aid student understanding.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Fitting Quadratic and Exponential Functions to Scatter Plots

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Determine if a quadratic or exponential model fits a data set better, then use the model to make a prediction. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Against All Odds: Describing Relationships

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Video program showing how to use a scatter plot to illustrate relationship between response and explanatory variables, to determine patterns in variables, and to calculate least squares. Real-life examples -- manatee deaths per number of...
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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Line of Best Fit

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this applet to learn about a line of best fit for a set of data points. Some example data in this site include statistics from the 2004-2005 LA Lakers season. Students can guess the equation for a set of data points before the applet...
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Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Scatter Plots

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Three different concepts are examined about scatter plots. Topics featured are collecting data, analyzing scatter plots, and determining a line of "best fit". The activity has an overview, material, procedures, and evaluation techniques.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Linear Functions Modeled by Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students submit their own data that can be modeled by a linear function. Students find the line of best fit, and discuss graphs of linear functions.
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Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Correlation Coefficient Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will learn the meaning of the correlation coefficient, find the regression equation and use it to make predictions.