IM 8.6.8 Practice: Analyzing Bivariate Data

Different stores across the country sell a book for different prices. The table shows the price of the book in dollars and the number of books sold at that price. Draw a scatter plot of this data. Label the axes.

Are there any outliers? Explain your reasoning.

If there is a relationship between the variables, explain what it is.

Remove any outliers, and draw a line that you think is a good fit for the data.

Here is a scatter plot:

Select all the following that describe the association in the scatter plot:

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Using the data in the scatter plot, what can you tell about the slope of a good model?

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