In Order for Applicants to Work for the Foreign-Service Department

question 21

Essay

In order for applicants to work for the foreign-service department, they must take a test in the language of the
country where they plan to work. The data below show the relationship between the number of years that
applicants have studied a particular language and the grades they received on the proficiency exam. Construct
a scatter plot for the data. $$\begin{array} { l | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \text { Number of years, } \mathrm { x } & 3 & 4 & 4 & 5 & 3 & 6 & 2 & 7 & 3 \\\hline \text { Grades on test, } \mathrm { y } & 61 & 68 & 75 & 82 & 73 & 90 & 58 & 93 & 72\end{array}$$

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