A Scatterplot That Appears as a Shapeless Mass of Data

question 92

Multiple Choice

A scatterplot that appears as a shapeless mass of data points indicates:

• A) a curved relationship among the variables
• B) a linear relationship among the variables
• C) a nonlinear relationship among the variables
• D) no relationship among the variables

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