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Scatter plots: create your own data

Learning objects Scatter plots: create your own data

TLF ID L5862

Find out what a scatter plot is and how it can be used to investigate relationships between two variables. Gather and analyse data for a pair of variables such as hand span and foot length. Enter your data set and plot it on a graph. Use a line of best fit to identify if there is a positive or negative relationship between the two variables. This learning object is one in a series of five objects.

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Educational details

Key learning objectives
  • Students explore the characteristics and uses of scatter plots.
  • Students use a scatter plot to identify if there is a positive or negative relationship between a pair of variables.
  • Students interpret bivariate data in tables and graphs.
Educational value
  • Introduces students to the features and uses of scatter plots.
  • Helps students to choose axes and scales while constructing a scatter plot.
  • Enables students to enter data they have collected for a statistical investigation.
  • Dynamically displays data values on a scatter plot.
  • Relates experimental conclusions to patterns in scatter plots.
Year level

10

TopicsBivariate data; Data analysis; Data continuity; Scale (Proportions)
Learning area
  • mathematics
Strand
  • Mathematics/Statistics and probability
    Concept
    • Mathematics/Bivariate data
    • Mathematics/Data analysis
    • Mathematics/Graphs
    • Mathematics/Lines
    • Mathematics/Scale
    • Mathematics/Variables
    Skill
    • Analysis;
    • Application;
    • Comprehension;
    • Knowledge
    Student activity
    • Interactives;
    • Experiment;
    • Analysis;
    • Modelling;
    • Data manipulation and interpretation;
    • Estimation
    Learning design
    • Experiential learning;
    • Independent learning;
    • Problem solving;
    • Visual learning

    Other details

    Contributors
    • Technical implementer
    • Script writer
    • Name: Michael Wagner
    • Organisation: Godwin + Wagner
    • Address: Box Hill South VIC 3128 Australia
    • Subject matter expert
    • Name: Howard Reeves
    • Address: Lindisfarne TAS 7015 Australia
    • Educational validator
    • Name: Graham Jones
    • Address: Broadbeach QLD 4218 Australia
    • Publisher
    • Date of contribution: 20 Sep 2013
    • Organisation: Education Services Australia
    • Address: Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia
    • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
    Access profile
    • Colour independence
    • Device independence
    • Hearing independence
    Learning resource type
    • Interactive Resource
    Browsers
    • Microsoft Internet Explorer - minimum version: 8.0 (MS-Windows) - maximum version: 9.0 (MS-Windows)
    • Firefox - minimum version: (MS-Windows)
    • Safari - minimum version: 5.1 (MacOS)
    Operating systems
    • MacOS - minimum version: 10.6
    • MS-Windows - minimum version: XP - maximum version: 7
    Rights
    • © Education Services Australia Ltd, 2013, except where indicated under Acknowledgements.