The Data Below Are the Number of Absences and the Final

question 82

Essay

The data below are the number of absences and the final grades of 9 randomly selected students from a
statistics class. Construct a scatter plot for the data. $$\begin{array} { l | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \text { Number of absences, } \mathrm { x } & 0 & 3 & 6 & 4 & 9 & 2 & 15 & 8 & 5 \\\hline \text { Final grade, } \mathrm { y } & 98 & 86 & 80 & 82 & 71 & 92 & 55 & 76 & 82\end{array}$$

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Definitions:

Human Needs

Fundamental requirements necessary for individual well-being, including physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, and self-actualization needs as described by Abraham Maslow.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

A prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, due to positive feedback between belief and behavior.

McGregor

Refers to Douglas McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y, which describe two contrasting models of workforce motivation and management.