If You Drop a Pencil Randomly on a Scatterplot, What

question 47

Multiple Choice

If you drop a pencil randomly on a scatterplot, what aspect are you changing as you move the pencil vertically on the page without rotating it?

• A) the slope.
• B) the intercept.
• C) the correlation.
• D) the residual.

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Definitions:

Slope

The measure of the steepness or incline of a line, defined as the ratio of the vertical change to the horizontal change between two points on the line.

Line

In geometry, a line is an infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no thickness and extends forever in both directions.

Projected Number

An estimate or forecast of a future number based on current trends or data.

Rises

Moves upwards or increases in value or intensity.