Question

does this scatter plot show a positive trend, a negative trend, or no trend?

Explanation:

• A positive trend in a scatter - plot means that as the \(x\) - values increase, the \(y\) - values also tend to increase.
• A negative trend means that as the \(x\) - values increase, the \(y\) - values tend to decrease.
• In this scatter - plot, we can observe that there is no clear pattern of \(y\) increasing or decreasing as \(x\) increases. The points are scattered in a way that does not follow a consistent upward (positive) or downward (negative) direction.

Answer:

no trend